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Tesla is evaluate multiple Texas metropolis where it want to test a long - promised robotaxi service , including Austin , concord toemails obtained by Bloomberg News .
An employee has apparently been in touch with Austin officials since May , and recently held an event in December to “ train first respondent on how to best work with Tesla ’s autonomous vehicle engineering , ” which is still in development .
The employee narrate the city that “ Austin is apparently on our roadmap , but has not yet been make up one’s mind where we will deploy first as we have many options available . ” ( Teslaoften mark multiple cities and province against each otherwhen it ’s take a leak decision on where to do business ; it caused a bidding war over the location of its original Gigafactory thatreportedly inspired Jeff Bezosto do something similar when turn up Amazon ’s 2d central office . )
Tesla is not testing any vehicles on public streets , according to the report . That could be because , despite unveilinga so - called “ Cybercab ” prototype in October , the troupe has yet to drive home on CEO Elon Musk ’s years of hope of making a to the full self - drive Tesla , let alone a robotaxi divine service .
