Elon Musk confirms Tesla plan for robotaxis on Austin roads in June

Group 1 - Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the company will have robotaxis operational in Austin, Texas by the end of June [1] - The initial launch will start with approximately 10 vehicles, with plans to expand to thousands if the launch is successful and incident-free [2] - Tesla's robotaxis will be Model Y vehicles equipped with a new version of Full Self Driving (FSD) known as FSD Unsupervised [3] Group 2 - Tesla will implement geofencing for its robotaxis in Austin, restricting the areas where the vehicles can operate, and there will be no human safety driver present [4] - Tesla employees will remotely monitor the fleet to ensure safety and performance, with a gradual reduction in monitoring as confidence in the system increases [4] - Alphabet's Waymo is currently operating commercial driverless ride-hailing services, conducting 250,000 paid trips per week [3]