The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles recorded an increase in autonomous vehicle registrations on September 2, expanding the company's local operational capacity. This update brought the fleet to 420 registered vehicles, following an addition of 106 Model Ys just before the Cybercab launch event in Austin this Thursday. Passengers in the city have already reported taking unsupervised rides in the back seat with no driver in the front seats.
Tesla's autonomous vehicles have driven 380,000 miles without a human operator, trailing Waymo's 220 million miles. The company asserts its robotaxi is the only US model that can be mass produced without a federal exemption. This fleet growth follows a recent expansion of the Austin service area to 264 square miles and a 115% increase in the Dallas operational zone.
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- SOURCE@sawyermerritt“total number of vehicles registered to 420, according to the Texas DMV”x.com
- SUPPORT@sawyermerritt“sit in the back seat of a car that I own, while nobody is in the front seats”x.com
- SUPPORT@vector__news“Waymo has driven 220 million”x.com
- SOURCE@kalshi“officially happens tomorrow at 5:45pm ET”x.com
- SUPPORT@kalshi“releases video teasing “Cybercab” robotaxi launch”x.com
- SUPPORT@polymarket“Cybercab launch event in Austin on Thursday”x.com
- SOURCE@reuters“Tesla set to hold Cybercab event in Austin, Texas”x.com