Tesla Robotaxis Launch Next Week. Here’s What to Expect
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Starting June 12, Tesla is expected to launch its robotaxi service in Austin with up to 20 self-driving Model Ys. Some won’t just pick you up — they’ll deliver themselves straight from the factory.
Elon Musk confirmed what has been in the works for years: fully autonomous Teslas are no longer theoretical. The rollout will begin with Tesla employees in a geo-fenced area of Austin. If early trials go well, the service will open to the public later in June or early July.
No Driver. No Hype.
These Model Ys are running in ‘unsupervised’ Full Self-Driving mode — no one behind the wheel. For now, a Tesla engineer rides in the passenger seat during early tests, but the goal is to remove humans entirely once the system proves itself.
Tesla also announced an industry first: self-delivering vehicles. Select customers in Austin will receive their new Teslas without a delivery driver. The car drives itself from the factory to the driveway.
What’s Actually Launching
- Date: June 12, 2025
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Vehicles: 10–20 Model Ys (initially)
- Features: Full Self-Driving in “unsupervised” mode
- Access: Tesla employees first, public rollout late June
- Delivery: Select cars will drive themselves to customers
Tesla aims to scale the service to 1,000 vehicles by the end of 2025.
A Cautious Green Light
The NHTSA is already in contact with Tesla over safety protocols. Key focus areas include weather conditions and tricky edge cases.
Tesla is playing it relatively safe for now — geo-fenced routes, manual charging (no wireless “snake” charger yet), and a phased rollout. Still, this is Tesla’s most ambitious push into autonomy since the FSD Beta began.
What Comes Next
If the June rollout sticks, Tesla will finally have a working robotaxi product on U.S. roads — nearly a decade after Musk’s first promise in 2016.
Is this the beginning of Tesla’s autonomous future? Or another bold bet in need of fine-tuning?
We’ll find out starting June 12.
