Teslaās Robotaxis Ditch Drivers, Keep Kill Switches Intact
In a move that screams 'what could possibly go wrong?', Tesla CEO Elon Musk confidently declared in a 2025 Q2 earnings call that by the end of the year, robotaxis in Austināyes, Austin, where anything can happenāwill be running around with zero safety drivers. Musk bragged about launching robotaxi services in 8 to 10 new markets by December 31, 2025, because apparently meeting minimum plausible safety standards is so last decade. These robo-cabs still have safety monitors with kill switch access, because putting full trust into AI on streets that remember disco is reassuring, right? We're all just here praying they donāt confuse rules of the road with episode plots of Black Mirror.
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Teslaās robotaxis will soon roam Austin sans humansābut donāt worry, kill switches remain. Because nothing says ādrive safeā like blindly trusting unguarded software coupled with a big red panic button.
Teslaās new robotaxis: less human safety drivers, more trust in technology thatās probably had fewer updates than your laptop's antivirus.
Launching no-driver robotaxis in Austin by 2025, because whatās better than a self-driving car? A self-driving gamble.
Source: Theverge | Published: 10/22/2025 | Author: Andrew J. Hawkins
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