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Tesla Begins Robotaxi Rides in Austin Without Safety Drivers

Tesla is removing the safety driver from its robotaxis in Austin, kicking competition in the self-driving cab market into higher gear. Regina Clewlow, managing director at mobility analytics firm Populus, discusses the news and consumer readiness for self-driving cars with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” ——– Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg…

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  1. @LeonIneke

    January 23, 2026 at 1:55 pm

    Safety monitor is now in the car behind 😅

    • @mathijs9365

      January 23, 2026 at 4:33 pm

      It s not supervised…….

    • @daShadoSage

      January 23, 2026 at 11:01 pm

      ​@mathijs9365 the follow along car, is literally supervising the robotaxi. And they have teleoperators monitoring as well

  2. @Dubitz

    January 23, 2026 at 2:20 pm

    It’s another step in the right direction. They still do have a safety monitor in a following vehicle behind them, but by next year that will probably also be gone.

    • @AaronBowley

      January 23, 2026 at 3:04 pm

      just like we were supposed to have full self driving like a decade ago

    • @Seekandfindtruth

      January 23, 2026 at 7:33 pm

      Next year? No. Next month.

    • @Brian-The-Giant

      January 23, 2026 at 8:10 pm

      Elon said big update by February so a few weeks.

    • @daShadoSage

      January 23, 2026 at 10:55 pm

      ​@Seekandfindtruth have been saying that every month for 200+ months

    • @daShadoSage

      January 23, 2026 at 10:56 pm

      ​@Brian-The-Giant Hs says that every couple of months. It’ll be delayed then when it happens, it’ll be something incremental FSD v15! Now with less phantom breaking!

  3. @silambarasanbalasubramani8577

    January 23, 2026 at 4:41 pm

    Doomberg 🎉

  4. @jamesyoo2951

    January 23, 2026 at 5:21 pm

    Short Tesla before someone gets killed

    • @markplott4820

      January 24, 2026 at 12:20 pm

      SHORT mainstream media.

  5. @CognoscereSystem

    January 23, 2026 at 6:46 pm

    “this is an experiment”. What? Its a roll out. Just an outright lie.

    • @KL-v-

      January 23, 2026 at 7:47 pm

      says Regina Clueless

  6. @CraigMcDonald1234

    January 23, 2026 at 7:04 pm

    Tesla has won. Uber zoom and waymo are dead meat.

    • @daShadoSage

      January 23, 2026 at 10:57 pm

      Can’t win from behind. I don’t know if anyone explained that to you

    • @jakeciera2120

      January 24, 2026 at 6:48 pm

      @daShadoSage I guess you don’t know about exponential growth.. all teslas with v4 hardware on the road can be robotaxis. Tesla is not a car story, but a robotics and AI play

    • @daShadoSage

      January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm

      ​@jakeciera2120 Again, this is just parroting Elon. Not adding anything new. Not showing any actual facts or data. Just repeating what Elon says and accepting it as gospel. He literally said the same thing about v3 hardware and later walked that back. I was there. I don’t forget all of the failed promises and blindly jump to the new one. It’s been 10+ years, time to just release and show already.

  7. @bhebheny

    January 23, 2026 at 7:24 pm

    Doomberg backward technology

  8. @patrickhughes3629

    January 23, 2026 at 7:26 pm

    For the millionth time, LiDAR/radar sensor suites don’t scale…visions scales. How tf are you supposed to map the entirety of the world and keep it up to date 24/7 365 days a year?… Tesla’s the only one with vision + neural network + manufacturing scale. This was game over as far back as 2018.

    • @daShadoSage

      January 23, 2026 at 11:02 pm

      I guess we’ll see. Another year, another year waiting for the real world proof

    • @patrickhughes3629

      January 24, 2026 at 12:48 am

      @daShadoSageif you live in Austin or SF you can get in one today. I drive from LA to SD, never any interventions, I haven’t touched the wheel in weeks

    • @daShadoSage

      January 24, 2026 at 12:54 am

      ​@patrickhughes3629 So why aren’t there 10,000 Tesla AVs on the road yet? What’s the hold up? Clearly, they know something we don’t and have reservations. I have at least one idea why

    • @patrickhughes3629

      January 24, 2026 at 2:12 pm

      @daShadoSagebecause they’re being careful with scaling, one small mistake would slow everything down for quite a while (social/political blowback). Also, regulatory environment is different in all 50 states, some faster some slower. But the technology works, I use it every day. They’ll just keep increasing the fleet size and entering more states. The game is already won. There’s no competitor that has vision + manufacturing scale. Maybe a Chinese company will catch up in 4 years or so, but definitely no one in USA/Europe.

    • @daShadoSage

      January 24, 2026 at 2:26 pm

      ​@patrickhughes3629 Careful for 7 months? 10 months? 10 years? You don’t have to careful with a solution. That’s why it’s a solution. You do have to be careful with experiements, prototypes, unproven or non-working tech etc.

      So you’d have to conclude that Tesla has not solved AV yet. And we’re not talking about 50 states. Just Texas. Or a few cities in Texas. Or just even all of Austin rather than a still small geofenced area with like 20-30 cars. Evem with regulations, it can literally just follow everywhere Waymo is because Waymo has open the gates. All Tesla would have to is go to the same regulators and PROVE the tech works even better than Waymo.

      Can’t win from behind

  9. @Seekandfindtruth

    January 23, 2026 at 7:32 pm

    “ a handful of Teslas on the road” does she not understand that every Tesla on the road throughout the entire world is collecting real world data, which is being shared with all Teslas as they continue to learn?

    • @daShadoSage

      January 23, 2026 at 10:54 pm

      Lol. Elon and his unpaid minions have been saying that for 8+ years. Yet here we are, still stuck in a small geofenced area in Austin for 7+ months, 30 cars, and follow along supervisor cars. How can it be that much of a strength if they’ve been driving same popular streets for 8 years in Austin and still are moving at a snails pace?

    • @daShadoSage

      January 23, 2026 at 10:58 pm

      Btw, can consumers opt-out of this spyware?

    • @jakeciera2120

      January 24, 2026 at 7:03 pm

      @daShadoSagehow long has Waymo been at it and how many cars do they have ?

    • @pogger8147

      January 25, 2026 at 8:28 pm

      @daShadoSagestupid dumb shit go back to grilling your burger patties

  10. @dpharr100

    January 23, 2026 at 7:38 pm

    Tesla’s going to put everybody out of business. That lady doesn’t know what she’s talking about

    • @daShadoSage

      January 23, 2026 at 11:02 pm

      Like the Cybertruck did?

    • @jakeciera2120

      January 24, 2026 at 6:49 pm

      Clueless like the rest of mainstream media..

    • @jakeciera2120

      January 24, 2026 at 6:50 pm

      @daShadoSagecybertruck is a niche product but guess what it still drives itself

    • @daShadoSage

      January 24, 2026 at 6:55 pm

      ​​@jakeciera2120 lol. Niche? When exactly did it become niche? Was it when Elon said they would sale 200k annually in 2024 and grow “exponentially” from there? Or when that didn’t happen and they only sold 50k and now even lower? So sometime between hyperbole and reality hitting

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      January 24, 2026 at 7:01 pm

      @d@daShadoSageA 100k vehicle should be niche – it was all about the model 3 and Y’s. What’s Elon suppose to say .. yeah this product won’t sell and it’s overpriced?

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  36. @markdc1145

    January 23, 2026 at 8:55 pm

    Insanity! Should be illegal to operate any vehicle without a driver. Disaster waiting to happen.

    • @kenbob1071

      January 24, 2026 at 1:09 am

      Human drivers suck. They are a disaster that is already happening to the tune of 40,000 deaths per year.

    • @markplott4820

      January 24, 2026 at 12:19 pm

      then YOU have not tried Tesla FSD level 4 supervised then.

  37. @Feet_Lover_UK

    January 23, 2026 at 9:16 pm

    It’s just yet another con by Elon…Note he says some will not have saftey drivers that means like 1 that is going A short distance in A straight line for A photo opp while the safety drivers follow behind & the remote operator is monitoring the trip.
    He is A con artist,Always has been.

    • @tnez2009

      January 24, 2026 at 4:01 am

      Freedom of speech my friend … accepted… driving a short distance on FSD unsupervised and Hate Elon.. kill 2 stones with 1 bird .. I like it 👍

    • @Feet_Lover_UK

      January 24, 2026 at 5:25 am

      ​@tnez2009 freedom of speech ?
      Millions of people added fsd as A option for 8-10k 9 years ago…. & unless the laws are changed to remove liability from the manufacturers for levels 3 to 5 then Tesla will stay at level 2 which is driver assistance that I’ve had in cars since 2014. He is misleading investors & ripping off the consumers so that is not freedom of speech

    • @markplott4820

      January 24, 2026 at 12:17 pm

      Tesla robotaxi are LEVEL 4 unsupervised

    • @markplott4820

      January 24, 2026 at 12:18 pm

      Feet , I see Leavenworth prison in your future

    • @Feet_Lover_UK

      January 24, 2026 at 3:06 pm

      ​@markplott4820 No sorry check again…Waymo is level 4 Tesla robotaxi’s use A enhanced version of what is available to consumers Consumers will never get that enhanced version unless changes are made to existing laws because Tesla would literally be getting sued in every jurisdiction across the country & Tesla doesn’t have the money to even defend thousands of big lawsuits.

  38. @tnez2009

    January 23, 2026 at 9:39 pm

    I been using Autonomous driving with V.14.2 for months now… drives perfect.. better than Waymo becaue it stops for school buses and emergency vehicles

    • @daShadoSage

      January 23, 2026 at 11:00 pm

      Yawn. This is repeated every time with v1X whatever. I’ve literally been personally waiting for Tesla AV since 2016-17. When it’s here, it’s here. Until then, I’m not holding my breath and I’d rather be pleasantly surprised

    • @brightuniverse7980

      January 24, 2026 at 12:28 am

      @daShadoSageStupid Waymo cars do not stop for school bus. Endanger children lives. Look it up in Texas. You do not care about children lives?

    • @daShadoSage

      January 24, 2026 at 12:37 am

      ​@brightuniverse7980 According to ChatGPT:

      Comparison:
      Both systems have documented failures with school buses, but in different operational contexts:

      Waymo’s failures are occurring in driverless commercial service and are currently under federal scrutiny.

      Tesla’s FSD failures occur during supervised use in consumer vehicles, where the expectation is that a human should intervene.

      Waymo’s issues have resulted in a formal software recall and investigations; Tesla’s issues persist largely as part of consumer beta testing and academic/press criticism.

  39. @CreamyBone

    January 23, 2026 at 10:17 pm

    “they’ll never do it”

  40. @radart6037

    January 24, 2026 at 1:32 am

    I’d like to hire a driverless car and then having the choice of driving it myself or letting it drive me.

    • @davidsc4680

      January 24, 2026 at 4:06 am

      Buy a Tesla then

  41. @markplott4820

    January 24, 2026 at 12:16 pm

    DUMBerg fake news.

  42. @Jeffrey_Bezos_Amazon

    January 24, 2026 at 1:43 pm

    Tesla

  43. @mikafiltenborg7572

    January 24, 2026 at 2:00 pm

    ⚠️WAKE ME UP when Waymo make profit 😂

  44. @grim6028

    January 24, 2026 at 5:13 pm

    Remote controlled.

    • @jakeciera2120

      January 24, 2026 at 6:48 pm

      Wow.. I don’t remote control my Tesla and it drives itself just fine

  45. @jakeciera2120

    January 24, 2026 at 6:44 pm

    Can never be more clueless gawd!

  46. @thomasschwab1631

    January 24, 2026 at 9:42 pm

    I just got FSD v14.2.2.3 today. So far it’s been amazing.

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