Tesla stock rises after robotaxi Austin launch

TeslaModel Y Robotaxi finally departed this weekend and called the electric vehicle manufacturer’s shares 10% on Monday.

On Sunday, the home giant launched autonomic driving in Texas, Austin, and opened the service to a limited number of rider.

Among those invited were Tesla fans, supporters and shareholders for a long time that provided income from publishing the social media content related to Tesla- and Musk on platforms including X and Youtube.

CEO Elon Musk said in a publication on the social network X, customers pay a fixed fee. 4.20 $ per journey.

“With a successful @robotaxi launch, super congratulations to @tesla_ai software and chip design teams !! He said. mail

TESLA wrote a passenger in the early access program for Model Y Robotaxis on x “Zero problems” with service with 11 driving. Musk reproduced the first -hand match with the services.

Other road users and researchers observed robotaxes violating traffic rules in Austin.

Donkey reported A Tesla model Y Robotaxi briefly traveled on a road in Austin. And Tesla-Critical Writer Ed Niedermeyer shared a video showing a Tesla Robotaxi from Austin hard braking In response to “fixed police vehicles outside the driving path” in the middle of the traffic.

For a long time, Musk promised investors to a Tesla Robotaxi fleet and increased the pressure of surrendering in recent months.

Tesla, once considered a pioneer, AlphabetWaymo and Baidu’s Apollo Go, Ware and Baidu in the West Pony.ai. Waymo reported that it has currently provided more than 250,000 commercial drivers without commercial driver per week and exceeded 10 million journeys last month. Apollo Go reported that it has exceeded 11 million journeys.

Musk said last month to David Faber from CNBC to Tesla’s “hundreds of thousands of” self -lasting car in the United States until the end of next year.

Tesla, who went to the launch, encountered a return from a group Democratic deputies Texas and public security defenders called the company to delay the first output.

The company has not yet published systems tested on the streets of Texas, known as FSD control, to General Tesla owners.

Tesla sells its new home with its partial automatic driving systems and Premium FSD -controlled systems marketed as a standard autopilot. These include features such as automatic strips and navigation, and are linked to accidents, including deaths, according to data followed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

– CNBCs Lora Kolodny contributed to reporting