Tesla’s robotaxi is live: here are some of the first reactions.

Tesla finally did the dreaded. The company launched the highly expected Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, June 22 – and we have now started seeing some of the first reactions.

But first, we have to obtain some important warnings from the road. It is unfortunate that the service is not open to the general public, as it is “completely not supervised”, as Illon Musk once promised. The vehicles will include “safety screens” that operate in Tesla in the front passenger seat that can interact with a dangerous situation by hitting the killing key. Other independent vehicles will put safety screens in the driver or passengers, but usually only during the test phase. Tesla is unique to use them for safety screens during commercial service.

Horse riding is limited to a geographical area in the city, which has been accurately appointed by the company. In some cases, Tesla uses Chase and Servs cars from a remote backup. (Some vehicles were monitored without chasing vehicles.)

The service is only at the launch, according to the Tesla website. A number of pro -Tesla influencers have received invitations, which must raise questions about the extent to which these first critical reactions are not biased. Tesla did not say when the service will be available to the general public.

The limited experience includes 10-20 Y compounds with the “Robotaxi” brand on the side. The overall internet enjoying the self -judgment that was revealed for the first time last year until 2026 will not be available as soon as possible. The service operates in a relatively safe area of ​​Austin from 6 am to 12 am, and avoids bad weather, highways, airports and complex intersections.

Despite those hours, the Robotaxi service appears to have started a slow start. Many guests did not receive the Robotaxi app by 1 pm Eastern time on Sunday. Sawyer Merrit, who publishes the content of Tesla on X, said he watched 30 Waymo car passes while waiting to start the Tesla Robotaxi service. MUSK was published at 1:12 pm that the service will be available later on that afternoon, adding that the first customers will pay “fixed fees” of $ 4.20 to ride – a joke of herbs that have a Musk with a turbulent date.

While the contestants waited, the company published a new robotics page on its website in detailing many of the service rules and guidelines for the service. Visitors are invited to register for updates about when Tesla’s Robotaxi may come to their area. (Musk said that there could be up to a thousand robots on the road “within a few months.”

After finally gave it access to the application, Merritt published a picture of the service area map, which seemed to cover a small area bordered by the Colorado River to the north, the highway 183 to the east, the rapid roads 290 and 71 to the south, and part from Zilker to the west.

Then she started riding a horse – and it seems that she is often not calm. Many of those who claim themselves are called on them to call their first cars, interact with the user interface, then reach their destination. Several videos lasted for hours, as invitations conclude a trip and then deport another car after that. One of the Tesla test, a bearded Tesla man, described the application’s interface as “uber mainly”. Many have faced some difficulty in finding the Tesla Robotaxi.

One of them said on Livestream in Herbert Ong: “This is like a Pokemon hunting,” but her robotics hunting. “

Once you enter, you will require the safety monitoring of the Tesla of the bicycles to show their Robotaxi applications to prove their identities. Otherwise, safety monitors remained silent throughout the trip, although the cyclists tried to make them speak. Suppose Tesla you will need to reach another way to identify the cyclists if they are planning to remove safety screens from the passenger seat. Waymo, for example, customers are required to open their car through the Ridehail app.

The rear screen directs the cyclists to install their safety belts, and after pressing the “Start Riding” button, the car begins. Passengers can also start riding from a similar button in the application. Since the contestants are recorded in the Robotaxi app using the pre -existing Tesla profiles, they are received by favorite music applications on the back screen with all the players and marked paths.

The front screen shows a similar perception of consumer cars using the full-driving TESLA feature-although Musk has said that robotics is working on a special version of FSD that is not available to the ordinary Tesla owner. There are “pulling” buttons, “stopping in” or “support” on the central screen. Another test, Chuck Cook, said that the perception lacks some of the controls that the ordinary Tesla may have.

Press the rival support button on the waiting list while waiting to contact the distant operator. On Cook live, it took about two minutes before the operator finally connected. The operator said (although cellular connection was weak): “We can contact you.” “We are here to get any problems to support your journey.”

During different trips, robots face a set of regular situations, such as rotation, speed bumps, pedestrians, construction, and more. Vehicles maintained speeds of about 40 miles per hour or slower. The common words to describe the trip were “soft”, “wonderful” and “normal”. One of the tests on X said they got a roboty “in chaos” in a way that asked the distant operator to help – although they refused to describe it as decomposition.

Ashok Eluswamy, head of the company’s self -driving team, has published a picture of dozens of people in a room with 10 large screens on the wall showing live camera extracts from several vehicles. “Robotaxi” launch party, Eluswamy Books.

Tesla goes from here is the real challenge. Musk said he also wants to launch the Robotaxi service in California, where the organizational process is much more complicated than Texas. Although he said he wanted to take things slow, he also claims that Tesla will have more than a thousand drivers without a driver on the road “within a few months.”

Meanwhile, Waymo is working on more than 1500 drivers without drivers in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phenix and Austin – with plans to expand in Atlanta, Miami and Washington, DC in the near future. The alphabet -owned company said that its fleet will grow into 2000 cars by next year.