Musk touts California robotaxis but Tesla does nothing to get permits
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LOS ANGELES, Feb 26 : For more than a year, Elon Musk has repeatedly said Tesla is months away from launching a driverless robotaxi service in California – once state regulators give their blessing.Tesla did nothing to secure that approval in 2025, according to previously unreported state Department of Moto
LOS ANGELES, Feb 26 : For more than a year, Elon Musk has repeatedly said Tesla is months away from launching a driverless robotaxi service in California – once state regulators give their blessing.
Tesla did nothing to secure that approval in 2025, according to previously unreported state Department of Motor Vehicles records and a state spokesperson. Tesla logged zero miles of autonomous test driving on California roads last year for the sixth year in a row, the records show.
Documenting test miles is critical in California’s regulatory system for robotaxis, which requires companies to progress through a series of permits before being allowed to operate a driverless ride-hailing service such as Alphabet's Waymo.
Much of Tesla’s $1.5 trillion market value is tied to investors’ belief that it will soon operate a vast fleet of robotaxis and sell millions of autonomous-driving software subscriptions. Operating driverless vehicles in California – the largest U.S. auto market – is a linchpin of those ambitions.
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Only vehicles from model year 2015 and earlier, traditional jeepneys, power plants and generators, and the marine and shipping sectors would be allowed to use Euro-II compliant petroleum products.
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