Tesla's shares closed at a 2025 high on December 15, after the company confirmed it is testing its driverless vehicles in Austin without a human safety operator
or Riders Howard Smith / Motley Fool : Why Tesla Stock Hit an All-Time High Today Akash Sriram / Reuters : Tesla shares jump as Musk confirms driverless robotaxi testing Stan Schroeder / Mashable : Driverless Tesla Robotaxi spotted in Austin Rani Molla / Sherwood News : Tesla is testing Robotaxis in Austin without people in the front (or back) Zachary Shahan / CleanTechnica : Two Driverless Teslas Testing In Austin Caught On Camera X: Elon Musk / @elonmusk : @cb_doge Testing is underway with no occupants in the car Ashok Elluswamy / @aelluswamy : And so it begins! @mandablorian : Just saw a Tesla with no one in the car @SawyerMerritt @wholemars @robotaxi @Tesla [video] @tesla : Just saying Gary Black / @garyblack00 : I've been saying this for months. That doesn't make me bullish on $TSLA since others will achieve unsupervised autonomy as well. Autonomy will become table stakes for remaining in the automotive business. @robotaxi : @aelluswamy Leaving the nest Oliver Cameron / @olivercameron : Wow. For the car to have zero occupants means Tesla has high confidence they've achieved superhuman safety performance. I assume there's a chase car, just in case the car blocks traffic. That's a standard step on the journey to fully driverless operations. Congrats to the team! [video] Sawyer Merritt / @sawyermerritt : This is the general area where Tesla's Model Y Robotaxis running FSD Unsupervised have been spotted today. This doesn't mean they aren't operating elsewhere in Austin, just that this is where sightings have occurred so far today. [image] Yun-Ta Tsai / @yunta_tsai : We have been working hard for this moment. Congratulations to the teams. Robert Scoble / @scobleizer : The argument is now over. [video] Sawyer Merritt / @sawyermerritt : BREAKING: Tesla Model Y Robotaxi with literally no one in the car spotted driving itself on public roads in Austin, Texas! A new age has begun 🤖 [video] Dan Ives / @divestech : Tesla and @elonmusk are entering a golden chapter of growth with Robotaxi launches front and center into 2026. The autonomous AI future is here @CNBCTheExchange @KellyCNBC 🔥🏆🐂📺🍿👇 Robert Scoble / @scobleizer : But you can't do self driving without LiDAR. So many “experts” told me that over the years. I was given so much shit for telling them they were wrong. I guarantee none will apologize. @cb_doge : A driverless Tesla Robotaxi was spotted on the roads of Austin, Texas today. No one in the car. No safety driver. Fully autonomous. This is actually happening. [video] @tesla : The fleet will wake up via over-the-air software update @tesla : Slowly, then all at once Dan Ives / @divestech : Heading into 2026 this marks a monster year ahead for Tesla/Musk as the autonomous and robotics chapter begins. We believe Tesla hits a $2 trillion market cap in 2026 and in a bull case scenario $3 trillion by end of 2026...as the AI chapter takes hold at TSLA🍿🔥🏆🐂 @elonmusk Bluesky: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Tesla has confirmed a rumor floating around on social media that they are testing driverless cars in Austin. I'm curious to see how the math ends up working out that competing with Uber is a better business than selling EVs. — I guess Tesla investors know something the rest of us don't. Forums: r/RealTesla : Tesla reports another Robotaxi crash, even with supervisor as it moves to remove them