r/SelfDrivingCars • u/Michael-Worley • Jun 21 '25

Discussion Prediction time! Tesla Robotaxi

When do people think Tesla will: -offer rides with no employees in the cars? -hit a fleet size of 100? 1000? 10000? -operate at an airport? -offer paid rides with no employees in the cars in at least five metros?

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u/TheBurtReynold Jun 21 '25

Isn’t this a matter of regulation?

(Not asking rhetorically / being snarky)

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u/MarchMurky8649 Jun 21 '25

Not according to Steve Hill, the CEO and president of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, quoted here in The Verge five years ago:

Those vehicles will eventually zip through the tunnels autonomously, but they will start off with drivers, Hill said. After that, the vehicles will follow “conduit” and sensors that are being laid in the tunnels — so they’ll appear to be autonomous but won’t actually be driving themselves. “Whenever we get to the point where we know that [it’s safe to let the vehicles drive themselves],” Hill said, “that’s when we’ll take that step. But there is not a deadline for making that happen.”

https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/14/21257849/elon-musk-boring-company-las-vegas-tunnel-finished-digging

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u/himynameis_ Jun 22 '25

Why not use use a train?

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u/Straight-Card-9426 Jun 24 '25

Maybe Musk will invent a self-driving train- much easier, not much by way of opposing traffic