Announcement was made by Elon Musk and made the stocks of the electric vehicle manufacturer will shoot more than 10%
It is no secret that one of the greatest desires of ELON MUSK It was available a service of robotáxis from the Tesla. This finally came true this weekend, when the service was launched to some users in Texas, United States.
But the news doesn’t stop there. The businessman said that the brand owners of the brand could give their vehicles to the company’s autonomous taxi operations. The announcement made the actions of the electric vehicle manufacturer will shoot more than 10%.
Cars can be “rented” to the company
According to Musk, Tesla’s robotaxi service will feature some cars owned by the company itself and developed for this purpose. However, the fleet will also consist of private vehicles of owners who want to “rent” their cars, although it has not been informed when this will be effective.
The businessman explained that if the owner leaves vacation, for example, could make his vehicle available to the autonomous taxi fleet. This rent can last weeks, days or even a few hours. Just “press a button in the Tesla app, your car enters the fleet and starts generating money for you while you are out,” said the billionaire.
He also pointed out that the company will be part of the amount collected by the service, but most will be with the owner of the vehicle. According to Musk, “the revenue generated by the car owner will far surpass the amount of the monthly portion of the vehicle.”
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How Tesla’s robotaxi service works
- For now, the Tesla Robotáxis fleet is made up of about 20 units of Tesla Model Yversion 2025which operate exclusively in a delimited region of the city of Austin, Texas.
- The route covers part of the south side of the city, including busy avenues as South Congress Avenue and South Lamar Boulevard.
- The service, however, does not serve the local airport or further areas.
- Users, who are part of a select group of guests, mostly influencers, can request trips through an application developed by Tesla herself.
- The races have a fixed fare of $ 4.20 and the service works daily between 6h and 12hcan be interrupted in adverse weather conditions.
- Each passenger can take a companion as long as both are over 18.
- Remembering that the service is not yet totally autonomous.
- Each vehicle has a Tesla employee sitting on the passenger seat for safety monitoring, although the driver’s seat remains empty.
- The measure seeks to reduce risks while the company tests the system on public roads.
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Alessandro Di Lorenzo has a degree in Journalism from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and has been working in the area since 2014. He worked on BandNews FM newsrooms in Porto Alegre and São Paulo.
