Tesla recently unveiled a sneak peek of its Robotaxi-powered ride-hailing service. This was presented through a potential smartphone app designed to summon a driverless vehicle. It’s not the first time we’ve heard about Tesla’s plans for a Robotaxi fleet and its potential capabilities. The company aims to rival major ride-hailing services globally, and has even suggested that vehicle owners could earn money while their cars operate autonomously.
Tesla is banking on a scalable and profitable autonomous business model, built on a vision-only architecture using end-to-end neural networks trained on extensive real-world data. While Tesla has not specified a definitive timeline for the completion of the Robotaxi or Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology, the app renders suggest they envision a near-future launch of the service. This has naturally left some observers skeptical.