Tesla Robotaxi riders are touting their superior experiences of their first rides utilizing the automaker’s new driverless ride-hailing service, which launched to a restricted variety of individuals yesterday for the primary time.
On Sunday, Tesla formally launched Robotaxi, its driverless ride-hailing service, in downtown Austin. A choose group of individuals have been chosen to obtain early entry to this system, in addition to the brand new Robotaxi app, which is used to request a journey and can sync every part from local weather preferences to streaming settings with every pickup.
Teslarati gained entry to the Early Entry riders program and the Robotaxi app, giving us a first-hand take a look at the expertise. We might be in Austin quickly to check out the Robotaxi fleet for ourselves.
Nonetheless, those that have been there for the preliminary rides on Sunday had nothing however nice issues to say. A whole lot of rides have been taken through the first hours of the Robotaxi program, and neither the corporate nor the riders reported any points.
Right here’s what individuals stated about their experiences:
- “Extraordinarily clean stops,” and nice consciousness of highway circumstances, together with pedestrians, velocity bumps, and busy parking heaps, have been all dealt with with ease:
Robotaxi slows down very nice for velocity bumps. Extraordinarily clean stops as effectively pic.twitter.com/H8R2pXllWB
— Zack (@BLKMDL3) June 22, 2025
- Secure navigation round pedestrians who walked simply off the sidewalk into the highway:
Tesla Robotaxi stops for a person who veered off the sidewalk and onto the highway as @JoeTegtmeyer and I have been approaching Zilker Park earlier right now. The cease was clean and our Tesla Robotaxi allowed him to get again on the sidewalk and proceed with our journey. This man is probably going… pic.twitter.com/fozP6A7esK
— JC Christopher (@JohnChr08117285) June 23, 2025
- “Simply nearly as good as it’s through the daytime” at evening. There have been no modifications to report by riders who took rides through the day and night:
Right here is my expertise in one of many first public nighttime @Tesla Robotaxi rides. It was clean, comfy and simply nearly as good as it’s through the daytime. pic.twitter.com/7bDvVaWf3A
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) June 23, 2025
- Prevented costly and tense parking at native vacationer hotspots like Terry Black’s Barbeque:
Right here’s an enormous good thing about Tesla Robotaxi-
Dropped us off in entrance of Terry Blacks, loopy onerous to search out parking right here, yesterday it took me virtually half-hour to discover a spot and right now, I obtained dropped off proper in entrance.
Didn’t need to pay for parking both. Sport altering. @robotaxi pic.twitter.com/yZjQ8u4s8X
— Zack (@BLKMDL3) June 22, 2025
- “Comfy and much like current Tesla automobiles with FSD,” intuitive and “surreal” expertise:
My ideas after 3 Robotaxi rides:
– Very clean and comfy. Just like current Tesla automobiles with FSD.
– App UI is intuitive however can use a pair upgrades (putting a pin wherever, change journey whereas in automobile)
– It’s fully and completely surreal.As a Tesla proprietor and…
— Farzad (@farzyness) June 22, 2025
- The app is faster than different ride-sharing companies. When a vacation spot is chosen, Robotaxi is already on the best way to your location:
My ideas after 13 Robotaxi rides.
-Driving could be very comfy. It feels much like our FSD, however braking is even higher.
-The app is tremendous quick, decide a vacation spot and the robotaxi is concurrently on the best way.
-Sure our automobiles do effectively on FSD, however nobody within the driver seat,… pic.twitter.com/pkuaXVxuMP
— Soiled Tesla (@DirtyTesLa) June 23, 2025
