Tesla Is Seriously Struggling With Its Robotaxi Service

During Tesla's earnings call last month, CEO Elon Musk admitted that the carmaker's much-lauded self-driving robotaxi service would be relying on safety drivers. As The Information reports, the company is already woefully behind schedule and hasn't even started testing its autonomous vehicles without a safety driver as of April. And the company is quickly running out of time. Musk promised that Tesla would launch an autonomous ride-hailing service in Austin in a matter of weeks — a characteristically overly ambitious promise. The Texas Department of Public Safety hasn't even received a plan for what would happen in case of an emergency from Tesla. The stakes are enormous. Musk has bet the entire company on the development of a Waymo-like taxi service, allowing Tesla owners to lease their vehicles to make extra cash on the side. But given the latest news, the EV maker could risk falling even further behind. The timing couldn't be worse, considering the company is already in crisis ... Read full article.