Watch A New Autonomous Tesla Deliver Itself To Its Owner

The Tesla Robotaxi service is being tested in an Austin, Texas, neighborhood, but at least one self-driving car has been out in the wild.

Tesla has posted video of what it says is the first one of its vehicles delivering itself to a customer with no one on board. The Model Y is seen driving along a 15-mile route through Austin without incident over the course of a half-hour.

During the delivery, the vehicle’s Full Self-Driving software was unlocked allowing for fully autonomous driving, as the consumer version currently requires a someone in the driver’s seat supervising and keeping a hand on the wheel to operate. It’s not known if more Teslas will be delivering themselves soon or if this was a one-off demonstration.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote on X,” There were no people in the car at all and no remote operators in control at any point. FULLY autonomous! To the best of our knowledge, this is the first fully autonomous drive with no people in the car or remotely operating the car on a public highway.”

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Tesla hasn’t confirmed if the vehicle was being remotely monitored like the Robotaxis are or if it was possible for a remote operator to take control if an issue arose.

The Robotaxi pilot involves a dozen or so Model Y SUVs and is only accessible to invited participants at this point. A Tesla safety monitor rides along in the front passenger seat, but does not have a steering wheel or pedals. In the week that it has been operating, there have been no reported accidents or injuries, but videos from rides have been posted to social media showing the vehicles speeding, driving into the wrong lane and slamming on the brakes unexpectedly. Austin has a website that records all of the officially reported incidents and there is currently one listed.

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The long-term plan is to introduce the two-seat Cybercab later this year and eventually allow any Tesla owner with the latest software and hardware to add their vehicle to the fleet when not in use and take a share of the fares.