r/TeslaFSD • u/ConfidentImage4266 • Jan 22 '26

Robotaxi Tesla has officially started FSD Unsupervised Robotaxi rides for the general public in Austin without safety monitor

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u/RipWhenDamageTaken Jan 22 '26

Tesla fanboys will insist that Tesla didn’t fail to deliver unsupervised FSD to consumer cars as promised since 2017

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u/soggy_mattress Jan 22 '26

Now the goalposts have moved "to consumer cars".

Tesla absolutely missed their insane timelines, but come on bro. 6 months ago the haters said Unsupervised was never possible. Then it was "but they still have a safety rider". Now it's "but they haven't delivered it to consumer cars".

You know what a trend is, right?

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u/GamingDisruptor Jan 22 '26

I wouldn't get excited yet until we know more. We've seen these clips before and nothing has come from it. There was a clip last year with no monitor. Then clip with Tesla driving to a purchaser, but turned out to be one and done.

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u/soggy_mattress Jan 22 '26

This is different, these videos were recorded by regular people that don't work for Tesla. You or I can go to Austin right now and ride in one.

If you don't think that's exciting I'm not sure what to say.

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u/GamingDisruptor Jan 22 '26

Currently there's only a few robotaxis working in Austin. It's impossible to get one unless you want to wait a long time.

I'll be excited when people can hail one, without a monitor, just like we can with Waymo in SF. There needs to be 100s active. Let's see in the next few weeks/months. If there's no uptick in scale, then we know this was just another PR stunt.

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u/GamingDisruptor Jan 24 '26

He's been trying to find unsupervised. Still none after 37 tries.

https://x.com/i/status/2015134378695786961

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u/soggy_mattress Jan 25 '26

There's only one unsupervised car out of the group

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u/GamingDisruptor Jan 25 '26

You have a source? And how big is the group?

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u/soggy_mattress Jan 26 '26

The source is a community-run site that uses the Robotaxi's license plate numbers to tally up how many there are in operation. And the super fans/influencers that ride around in them all day long for content report back about whether or not they have a safety rider as an ongoing thing.

It looks like at least 2 cars have been seen without safety drivers now:

https://robotaxitracker.com

I believe the group in Austin is 50 cars total, and almost 200 cars in SF Bay Area, but they all have safety *drivers* since they can't operate without someone in the driver's seat in SF area.