Tesla CEO Elon Musk told investors last year that the company was targeting a launch in 2025 of its autonomous service in California and Texas in 2025. Society seems to be on the right track to achieve this goal. Musk said When calling the results of the Tesla fourth quarter on Wednesday That the automaker is being launched from its autonomous service in June 2025, with Austin, Texas, as test market.
“We are confident to be able to make a first launch of not supervised, no one in the car, a full autonomy in Austin in June,” said Musk. “We have already teslas operating independently and without autonomous monitoring in our Fremont factory, and we will soon do it in our factory in Texas.”
A Tesla representative did not respond to a request for comments.
The news that Tesla worked with Austin to obtain regulatory approval of the city appeared for the first time in emails obtained by Bloomberg In December, but Tesla had not yet chosen Austin as a launch city when the company was trying to obtain regulatory approval.
Musk was light on details, declaring only that there were “thousands of cars” which led the Fremont factory of the company to California “without anyone”. He said the company was ready to launch its unattended autonomous technology “in many regions of the United States” by the end of the year, the first markets being probably California and Texas.
The initial wait was that Tesla would use her long -awaited cybercab. However, the company plans to use its model Y and model 3 cars until the launch of cybercab in 2027.
“So, in conclusion, 2025 is a really crucial year for Tesla,” said Musk. “I think we can consider him as the biggest year in Tesla’s history.”
Difficult start for autonomous cars
Musk stressed that Tesla was going to take her time with the deployment.
“We just want to put our toe in the water, make sure everything is fine, then put a few additional toes in the water, then put a foot in the water with (the) safety of the general public … and those of The car as our absolute priority, “he said.
The accent placed by Tesla on security comes in the middle of a difficult duration for autonomous taxi services. Although statistics show that autonomous cars are generally safer than human drivers, he did not prevent accidents from doing the news.
California pulled driver -free cars out of the road in 2023 due to security problems, and Waymo Make the news At the beginning of 2024, after two of its autonomous vehicles struck the same van as it, it was towed twice in the same day.
According to Musk, Tesla’s AI will not use high precision local cards like most autonomous driving technologies. Instead, Teslas will use the AI that will analyze the road and make decisions as it drives. Thus, although it can drive anywhere, Austin will serve as a test market to ensure that cars can drive without problems before spreading to other regions. Tesla provides for a wider launch shortly after Austin, provided there is no problem.
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