Tesla's Austin robotaxi hype fades as fleet settles at eight
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Tesla’s Austin robotaxi fleet briefly surged around the Cybercab launch, but in the past week active rides collapsed to eight vehicles, despite hundreds of registered VINs. Trackers showed a spike to over 100 on-road robots during launch week, followed by a rapid fall as influencers left. The gap between registered vehicles and actual operation underscores that the hype hasn’t translated into scalable autonomous ride-hailing, likely due to safety and deployment constraints.
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