Overview
- The expanded geofence now spans about 3.9 square miles, doubling Tesla’s Austin coverage and surpassing Waymo’s zone by roughly that margin.
- The invite-only Robotaxi service charges a flat fare of $4.20 per ride for pre-approved users.
- Each Model Y in the pilot carries a front-seat safety operator with a finger on a kill switch under remote monitoring.
- Elon Musk and Tesla’s official Robotaxi account marked the update with innuendo-laden posts on X.
- Tesla has signaled plans to launch the Robotaxi pilot in the San Francisco Bay Area within two months, pending regulatory sign-off.