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Tesla says it’s building a wheelchair-accessible robotaxi in Texas

13 July 2026 at 18:57

Tesla is building a purpose-built, wheelchair-accessible autonomous vehicle, a company policy advisor told lawmakers in Washington, DC, on Monday.

But Tesla gave no timeline, no vehicle, and no details, and it’s not clear the β€œactive product” is anything more than the Robovan it unveiled nearly two years ago.

Tesla claims Cybercab driving employees at Giga Texas β€” in a parking lot

11 July 2026 at 21:33

Tesla says β€œCybercab employee rides at Giga Texas” are β€œstarting soon” β€” its first stated step toward putting people inside the wheel-less, pedal-less robotaxi.

But the announcement, spread across two Tesla accounts and roughly 2.9 million combined views, is thinner than it sounds. It’s not clear whether Tesla means Cybercabs running a real ride service in Austin or simply driving employees around a factory parking lot.

New bill would ban Tesla’s camera-only Robotaxi, not Waymo

9 July 2026 at 17:45

New Jersey lawmakers are advancing a bill that would require driverless commercial vehicles to carry cameras plus two additional sensor types β€” a mandate Tesla’s camera-only Robotaxi can’t meet.

The proposed law, S1677, would effectively lock Tesla out of the most densely populated US state unless it adds the radar and lidar hardware that Elon Musk has spent years insisting his cars don’t need.

Waymo goes driverless in Las Vegas, with Denver, San Diego, Tampa next

8 July 2026 at 15:26

Waymo has activated fully driverless operations in Las Vegas, its riders will now see vehicles with no human at the wheel, and the Alphabet unit says Denver, San Diego, and Tampa are next in line.

The move adds four new markets to Waymo’s driverless footprint and pushes the company deeper into its target of 1 million paid rides per week by the end of 2026.

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