Tesla has announced a new timeline for its robotaxi network, aiming to allow customers to add their own vehicles to the fleet by the second quarter of 2027. According to Ashok Elluswamy, the company's VP for Autonomous Driving, this will be enabled through the upcoming V15 software release, which will unify the autonomous capabilities for both Cybercabs and Model Y vehicles.
The integration requires that customer-owned vehicles meet specific geofencing and fleet management standards to operate autonomously. Currently, Tesla maintains a fleet of several hundred robotaxis in Texas and Florida, with some units still requiring human safety monitors, alongside several dozen fully driverless Cybercabs operating in Austin.
Financial data from the latest quarter shows that over 75 percent of new Tesla buyers in North America opted for the Full Self-Driving (Supervised) feature, marking an increase of nearly 20 percentage points from the previous quarter. Despite this growth in feature adoption, the company reported a decline in overall vehicle sales, flat revenue, and lower profits.
Tesla has also launched a new safety website reporting that its vehicles have completed 3.3 million miles of autonomous driving, a significant increase from the 380,000 unsupervised miles reported in July. However, the company faces substantial regulatory and insurance challenges, as operating driverless taxis remains illegal in most jurisdictions without specific permits.
