Tesla first shipping without drivers new car for customer

Tesla CEO Elon Musk He said the automaker completed the first shipping customer, sending a modeling SUV from Austin, Texas, Gigafactory, in an apartment building in the area on June 27.

TESLA’s account on the Social Network X, which also belongs to Musk, shared the video During the night, the Model Y, which runs public roads in Austin, including the highway, without a man on the driver’s seat or the front passenger seat of the car.

Tesla did not say which version of its software and equipment was installed and used in the car shown in the video – either when and when this technology is available on sale.

To model and Guide GuideAvailable on the Tesla website, it is said that for the use of full self-government (under supervision) Tesla is the most advanced, partially automated management system for the company-owners must store hands on the wheel and remain ready to take control or braking at any time.

A car in Tesla’s video was shown without a driver on the highway, passing through the living streets and around the parking lots before coming and stopped at the client’s transfer. The buyer waited for a curb in an apartment building together with Tesla staff, some sports logo shirts. (The curb was painted red, which testifies to this lawless fire.)

In 2016, Tesla shared a video from autopilot as a video “Paint It Black” -Whhhhhhhhhh. Later found.

National Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) investigation Tesla over possible security defects in its FSD systems and recently addressed the company company about its Robotaxi debut after its cars have been noticed that violate some traffic rules.

In reports on X on Friday Musi wrote: “First Completely autonomous delivery of the Tesla Y Model Y from the Customer House Factory, including the highway, was just completed the day before the schedule !! Congratulations to @tesla_AI commands, both software and chips design! “

He also wrote“There were no people in the car, and there were no remote operators at any moment. Fully autonomous! As far as we know, this is the first completely autonomous drive, without people in the car and remotely driven the car on the public highway.”

The requirement of Musk on the “first fully autonomous disc” on the public highway was not accurate. Alphabet-Wower Waymo who is already running commercial Since 2024And since then he has expanded these attractions to the Los -Angeles and San Francisco.

The AI ​​leader in Tesla, Ashok Elusy said in Messages on x that the carmaker “literally chose a random client who ordered the model in Austin’s area” to participate. He also said that the vehicle is “exactly the same as every model Y produced at the Tesla plant.”

Elusy also noted in Message on x What model Y in delivery without drivers traveled with a “maximum speed of 72 mph”. Most highways in Texas have a maximum speed limit of 70 miles per hour, the Texas Department reports site.

Separately, Tesla started the Robotaxi pilot program in Austin over the weekend with the participation of 10 to 20 models of SUVs equipped with technology, which Tesla has little revealed for the public.

The Tesla Robotaxi service is only available for selection, invited riders who were mostly influential and analytics, many of which bring revenue by placing Tesla-Fan on platforms such as X and YouTube. Tesla Robotaxi cars work with a human security head aboard the front passenger seat, and they are remotely controlled by staff at the operating center.

Since 2016, Will It was promising that Tesla would soon be able to turn all its existing EVS into completely autonomous vehicles with a simple, software update. In his general plan, “Deux” he outlined the future if each Tesla owner would be able to add his car to “Tesla Shared Fleet by just clicking the Tesla telephone application, which allows their car to profit for them while they are sleeping.

In 2019, Musk stated that by 2020 there would be 1 million robotis in Tesla – A statement that helped him raise $ 2 billion at that time from institutional investors.

While Tesla has not yet fulfilled these promises, delivery without drivers in Texas this week caused excitement among believers in Musi and his vision.

Meanwhile, Tesla is fighting the brand’s reaction in response to the often political rhetoric of the CEO, its approval in the far right extremist party in Germany and its work in the Trump administration.

Tesla sales have dropped over the year in key markets, especially throughout the time EuropeIn the first five months of 2025, partly as a result of this reaction. The company also faces increasing competition from EV manufacturers, in particular Chinese brands such as Byd, Nio and Xiaomi, which offer more affordable and new models.

Tesla is expected to reveal its production and delivery numbers in the second quarter on July 2.