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Elon Musk Promised Driverless Taxis—Instead, You Get a Guy in the Passenger Seat

created: June 30, 2025, noon | updated: July 4, 2025, 9:39 a.m.

Tesla’s fleet of Robotaxis will have a safety monitor in the passenger seat to intervene when needed. The fleet of Robotaxis will use Tesla Model Y vehicles instead of the two-seat “Cybercab” that Elon Musk originally promised. Tesla has unleashed its fleet of Robotaxis on the streets of downtown Austin, Texas—with a “safety monitor” in the passenger seat. Seems like Elon Musk didn’t deliver on his promise of delivering unsupervised rides this summer. TeslaThe news that Tesla would plonk a human “safety monitor” in the passenger seat was a bit surprising to us.

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