Tesla wins approval to test autonomous robotaxis in Arizona

(Reuters) – Tesla The State Transportation Department was approved to start testing a security monitor and Autonom Robotaxi in Arizona, a e -mail on Friday.

In the E-mail of the Ministry of Transport, the Arizona had applied to Tesla to start trials for an autonomous vehicle driving sharing service, and now he plans to test the robotaxes in the Phoenix metro area using security drivers.

Tesla did not respond to a Reuters comment request. It was not immediately clear when the trials would start or how long they would last.

TESLA CEO Elon Musk Previously, Tesla said that by the end of this year, about half of the US population plans to start an autonomous driving greeting service.

In June, Tesla presented a small test of Robotaxi service in a limited part of Texas, with many restrictions on a dozen vehicles, a certain group of passengers and a security monitor in the front passenger seat.

(Editing by Chris Kirkham, Preetika Parashuman and Gnaneshwar Rajan; Tom Houge)