9/7/2025–|Last update: 09:33 (Mecca time)
I started “Tesla“Automated taxi tests in Austin, Texas, two weeks ago, and during this period a group of videos of the experience and its results appeared, according to the” NBC “report.
The launch of the service is still in the experimental stage in the city, as it got a group of pro -influencers Laillon Musk Most of them have a special access to an application that allows them to request trips for $ 4.20 in the city, without the application available to the general users or a slightly larger category to try it, according to the “NBC” report.
The report added that the experimental launch raised the ire of some experts and politicians because there were several traffic accidents in which the self -driving “Tesla” cars deviated from their path, breaking the traffic rules, or endangering the lives of passengers and those around them, despite the presence of a human employee from “Tesla” in all cars capable of stopping the trip with the press of a button.
The company also did not respond to the request of the “NBC” agency to reveal the results of the past weeks in the car’s test operation, as the agency called for the disclosure of the cut distance using the service as well as the average parking rate by the human employee, according to the report.
The report pointed to the emergence of a group that included 13 video clips of cars in the early days of operating them, including car clips, which are traveling on the wrong side of the double yellow line, as well as the passengers in the intersections and exceeding the legal speed prescribed for the roads and sudden stops of the car.
Here is my experience in one of the first public nighttime @Tesla Robotaxi rides. It was smooth, comfortable and just as good as it is during the daytime. pic.twitter.com/7bDvVaWf3A
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) June 23, 2025
The general dissatisfaction also extended from Tesla’s experiences to officials and politicians in the city of Austin, including Vanessa Fuentes, a member of the Austin City Council and the mayor of the municipality, which means that it runs the meetings of the council when the mayor is absent, as Fuintz said in an interview by phone with the agency, “Tesla was not taking into account the views of the public or working with our city, and unfortunately, I do not agree to be on that Calculating the safety of the Austin residents. “
Feentes added that “Tesla” is not legally forced to coordinate with the city council extensively to launch the experimental service, but it would improve the company’s image in front of the city’s residents.
It is noteworthy that the shares of “Tesla” increased by 9% immediately after the announcement of the service launch mask, but they returned to its normal price on the day that follows it because of the obstacles facing the service so far, according to the “NBC” agency.