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Tesla adds Robotaxi in Tampa and Orlando as Austin stalls at 17 cars

21 July 2026 at 15:39

Tesla switched on its β€œRobotaxi” service in Tampa and Orlando on Monday, adding two Florida cities to a driverless network that still runs on a couple dozen cars. The company’s @robotaxi account announced it in a four-word post: β€œRobotaxi now in Tampa & Orlando!”

The timing isn’t subtle. Tesla reports second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, and Robotaxi is the story Elon Musk keeps selling to investors. Two new city names the day before make for a nice slide. The fleet behind them tells a different story.

Tesla remote operator crashed a β€˜Robotaxi’ in Houston, NHTSA data shows

20 July 2026 at 14:15

Tesla has filed four new β€œRobotaxi” crash reports with NHTSA, and the most revealing one involves a Tesla remote operator driving the vehicle into a tree stump in Houston.

It’s the third crash Tesla has now reported involving a human operating the car remotely caused the collision β€” and the first one Tesla has formally coded as remote operation in its filing.

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