Tesla has been granted a taxi service operation license in California, a spokesman for the California Public Utilities Committee, a state management agency, said on Tuesday. It marks the first step Tesla'S and CEO Elon Musk'S vision belong to Operate driverless taxi service In the state.
One day, Musk said that the owner of Tesla will be able to rent their cars like The kind of self -driving while they don't use them. He said that the current owners will be able to operate their 3 and Y models autonomy in the state by the end of this year, a plan to face both technological and regulations barriers.
But despite the license, the future of Tesla's unmanned taxi still seems very far in California, where there is The perfect climate for self -driving cars But some of the most stringent requirements in the US to test and operate them. The license does not allow Tesla to transport passengers in unmanned cars; CPUC spokesman Terrie Prosper said that the electric car manufacturer did not apply to its autonomous car programs. Tesla will not be granted such a license, because they first need to get the permission of another state management agency, the engine service, to provide unmanned trips. (DMV has confirmed to Wired that Tesla did not apply to the necessary licenses.)
The new license allows Tesla to operate taxi services including vehicles with drivers who will be Tesla employees, according to CPUC. Initially, the regulator said that Tesla will use the license to indicate the Tesla staff on the trips arranged first, although they eventually plan for members of the public.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a license or a drone in its future in California.
Four companies, including Amazon's Zoox, Hold the license Allows them to operate several types of unmanned service pilots in the state, although two of them are only allowed to provide trips with a driver after the steering wheel. Only Waymo operates unmanned taxi in California. Google Sister Company, has a longer and more cautious approach to self -driving service, spent more than a decade from the test of the first versions of unmanned technology on public roads to run a paid robotaxi service in Phoenix, Arizona. Today, Waymo operates service in four cities: Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Austin.
Tesla has discovered the unmanned taxi service at least Palo Alto, Palo Alto online The first report last year. The later emails were given by Wired showing that, at the end of October last year, the head of Tesla Autopilot Ashok Elluswamy negotiated with the City Council and employees on how to draw such a service. Tesla hoped to debut by taking over the same license used by another company, Via, provided shuttle service in California. Finally, according to emails, the automobile manufacturer concluded that they had to apply for their own licenses.
Palo Alto's spokesman did not immediately answer questions about how a new license could affect the Plan of Robotaxi in the area.
Musk said earlier this year that Tesla plans to launch a drone service in Austin, Texas, in June. (Unlike California, Texas has no strict rules around the autonomous vehicle activities.) Last fall, the automobile manufacturer showed off the car manufacturer. The prototype of its cybercab, A Robotaxi is built two seats, with purpose, saying it will start production in 2026.
Whatever happens in Texas this year, Musk and his company have missed a few terms. In 2019, he said that the car manufacturer will have 1 million robotaxis on the road next year.