Musk touts California robotaxis but Tesla does nothing to get permits


FILE PHOTO: A Tesla robotaxi drives on the street along South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, U.S., June 22, 2025. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez/File Photo

LOS ANGELES, Feb 26 (Reuters) - For more than ⁠a year, Elon Musk has repeatedly said Tesla is months away from launching a driverless robotaxi service in California – once state regulators give their ⁠blessing.

Tesla did nothing to secure that approval in 2025, according to previously unreported state Department of Motor Vehicles records and a state ‌spokesperson. Tesla logged zero miles of autonomous test driving on California roads last year for the sixth year in a row, the records show.

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