{"id":306142,"date":"2025-06-12T04:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=306142"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:24:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:24:50","slug":"tesla-begins-testing-phase-for-autonomous-vehicles-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/tesla-begins-testing-phase-for-autonomous-vehicles-in-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Begins Testing Phase for Autonomous Vehicles in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tesla has officially entered the testing phase for its autonomous vehicles in Austin, Texas, just days before its anticipated launch of a commercial ride-hailing service slated for June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This marks a significant pivot from the company\u2019s previous ambitions of enabling <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/elon-musk-is-going-to-change-the-rules-of-the-game-for-tesla-full-self-driving-to-say-that-he-has-won\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"unsupervised self-driving in the millions of vehicles sold since 2016.\">unsupervised self-driving in the millions of vehicles sold since 2016.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, Tesla now plans to operate a controlled fleet of vehicles specifically designed for a geo-fenced area in Austin and heavily supported by teleoperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: Tesla robotaxi service launch next week in Austin \ud83d\udc40<br><br>Texas law already allows autonomous vehicles.<br>Austin is coordinating with Tesla.<br><br>City is updating public info ahead of rollout. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eLKIdmzI9S\">pic.twitter.com\/eLKIdmzI9S<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Muskonomy (@muskonomy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/muskonomy\/status\/1931789745211986355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elon Musk Faces Timeline Doubts as Tesla Joins Austin&#8217;s Autonomous Vehicle Testing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While CEO Elon Musk has expressed his goal of offering paid rides starting this summer, there are growing doubts regarding this timeline. Musk has acknowledged that Tesla only commenced testing its autonomous system without safety drivers at the end of May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In contrast, competitor Waymo has been operating its driverless ride-hailing system for several months after completing both driver- and non-driver-testing phases over the last year in various cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of today, Tesla has finally been added to the city\u2019s official list of \u201cKnown AV Operators,\u201d but only in the \u201ctesting\u201d phase, while Waymo continues to solely hold the \u201cdeployment\u201d status. <strong>This raises questions around whether the city&#8217;s website merely lags behind or if Tesla truly just began its testing in the region.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full Self-Driving<br>No hands. No limits.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4TcJGEU7aM\">https:\/\/t.co\/4TcJGEU7aM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HXXxGvOV6z\">pic.twitter.com\/HXXxGvOV6z<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jose del Corral (@J0se) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/J0se\/status\/1930801655710425487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historically, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/elon-musk-is-going-to-change-the-rules-of-the-game-for-tesla-full-self-driving-to-say-that-he-has-won\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tesla has sidestepped stringent reporting requirements on its self-driving tests by classifying its Full Self-Driving (FSD)\">Tesla has sidestepped stringent reporting requirements on its self-driving tests by classifying its Full Self-Driving (FSD)<\/a> capability as a level Advanced Driver Assistance System rather than true autonomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Current FSD performance has raised safety concerns, averaging about 500 miles between critical disengagements, indicating vulnerabilities if the driver is removed entirely. While teleoperation may mitigate some risks, any delays in communication could still pose significant dangers during emergencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla has officially entered the testing phase for its autonomous vehicles in Austin, Texas, just days before its anticipated launch of a commercial ride-hailing service slated for June. This marks a significant pivot from the company\u2019s previous ambitions of enabling unsupervised self-driving in the millions of vehicles sold since 2016. Instead, Tesla now plans to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/tesla-begins-testing-phase-for-autonomous-vehicles-in-austin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tesla Begins Testing Phase for Autonomous Vehicles in Austin&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":295402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[8319,1471],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6849],"class_list":["post-306142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ev","tag-tesla","content-category-lifestyle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":306145,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306142\/revisions\/306145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306142"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=306142"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=306142"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=306142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}