Tesla continued to expand the pilot of auto-driving taxis until the second quarter of its performance. A few weeks ago in Miami, the company took the unsupervised Model Y convoy to Orlando and Tampa, Florida.
The Florida pilot has increased to three cities.
With the addition of Orlando and Tampa, Florida has become one of the most concentrated areas at this stage of Tesla ' s promotion of Robotaxi services. Tesla had previously launched its first pilot operation in Miami, but the overall scale remained limited.
At present, Tesla does not disclose the number of vehicles dropped on both sides, nor does it indicate the scope of operations and the rules of access. Public information indicates that the two new pilot areas are of low coverage and are still in the early stages of testing.
The expansion is still slow.
It was also noted that Tesla had announced the deployment of self-pilot convoys in Dallas and Houston prior to the issuance of the quarterly financial statements, but that operations in those cities had not significantly expanded since then. It is difficult for the outside world to obtain more details from the official authorities, as the media sector was dismantled by the company many years ago.
Mask has stated many times in the past that by the end of 2025 Tesla Robotaxi services will cover half of the United States population. However, at the quarterly press conference earlier this year, his statements were clearly cautious.
Regulatory adjustments or assistance
Changes at the policy level may support the follow-up deployment of Tesla. Last month, the United States Department of Transportation proposed a change in the rules to remove the requirement that vehicles designed for automatic driving must be equipped with brakes.
If this adjustment eventually landes, Tesla will make it easier to move two seats to Cybercab. The model is being pre-positioned by companies in several cities in the United States and could become an important vehicle for its Robotaxi network in the future.