After a decade of Elon Musk promising Tesla robotaxis, here’s what we know

After a decade of Elon Musk promising Tesla robotaxis, here’s what we know


For a decade, Elon Musk has championed the idea that one day Tesla cars will drive themselves as robotaxis. Next week, the company will unveil the design of its autonomous cabs.

Despite years of bold predictions and missed deadlines, fans of the company are holding out hope that Musk will finally deliver at an Oct. 10 event. Regardless of what the company showcases at its robotaxi day, experts are skeptical of the company’s strategy, citing its Auotpilot and FSD technology as a barometer for Tesla’s progress, or lack thereof.

In the decade that Musk has promised driverless vehicles, competitors have made them.

Alphabet-owned Waymo already operates a commercial robotaxi service in several U.S. cities, surpassing 100,000 paid rides per week as of August. Amazon-owned Zoox began testing rides for employees in February 2023 with ambitions to launch its own robotaxi service. In China, Pony.ai and Baidu are running commercial robotaxi services too.

The market could be lucrative. In one bullish estimate, Raymond James predicts $50 billion in annual robotaxi bookings by 2030. 

With U.S. EV sales growth slowing, there’s a lot riding on Tesla’s potential pivot to autonomy.

Watch the video to see the road Tesla has taken to realizing its robotaxi ambitions.



Source

Disney content to go dark on YouTubeTV amid contract dispute
Technology

Disney content to go dark on YouTubeTV amid contract dispute

Photo illustration of the YouTube TV logo displayed on a smartphone, with the YouTube logo in the background. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Disney content, including channels like ABC and ESPN, was removed from Google‘s YouTube TV on Thursday after the two companies failed to renew a contract.  “Last week Disney used the threat […]

Read More
Apple silences its critics with strong iPhone demand and blowout services revenue
Technology

Apple silences its critics with strong iPhone demand and blowout services revenue

Talk about a monster quarter. Apple delivered a great September quarter Thursday evening, even as iPhone supply was constrained by strong demand. The stock really got going after the company’s strong forecast for the holiday quarter. Revenue in Apple’s fiscal 2025 fourth quarter, which ended Sept. 27, rose 8% year over year to $102.47 billion, […]

Read More
SpaceX and Blue Origin both submitted plans to get astronauts back to the moon faster, NASA says
Technology

SpaceX and Blue Origin both submitted plans to get astronauts back to the moon faster, NASA says

SpaceX’s Starship rocket 38 launches during the 11th test flight on October 13, 2025 as seen from South Padre Island in Texas. Gabriel V. Cardenas | Afp | Getty Images SpaceX said it has pitched NASA a “simplified mission” to put astronauts back on the moon following criticisms over delays by Sean Duffy, the space […]

Read More