TSL Robotaxi Texas trial operation, autonomous taxis will challenge the positions of Waymo and Uber.

Tesla's small-scale trial operation of Robotaxi in Austin, Texas, to validate vision-only autonomous driving and shared fleets will challenge the local Waymo and Uber markets. (Synopsis: Trump: The United States successfully "attacked 3 nuclear facilities in Iran" broke the half-century red line, and Bitcoin crashed $100,866) (Background supplement: New York Times reveals the reason for the US bombing of Iran? Trump delivered a national address at 10:00, and the United States has begun to evacuate nationals from Israel) On June 22, 2025, on South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, USA, Tesla (Tesla) Robotaxi service officially opened to invited users for trial operation. The company offers a fixed $4.20 one-way ride-hailing service for 10 Model Ys without a driver, with remote safety officers and biometric sensors to check security. This is Tesla's first step in bringing pure visual autonomous driving to the commercial market. Pure vision technology and shared fleet blueprint Robotaxi uses only 8 cameras and AI neural networks to sense the road, eliminating expensive LiDAR and millimeter-wave radar. Musk emphasized in X: "The cost of a vision-only solution is less than one-third of the competition. This is the result of a decade of sharpening the sword, and the AI chip and software team are completely built by Tesla." Tesla has invested more than $10 billion in research and development of the system, hoping to accelerate global deployment without geographical barriers through low cost and high scalability. The company's long-term vision is for owners to join the Robotaxi fleet when idle, creating a peer-to-peer sharing model similar to Airbnb. According to Patent PC, the global Robotaxi market size may exceed $10 trillion by 2030, and the self-driving business has accounted for more than 60% of Tesla's trillion market value, showing its key strategic position. The trial operation is still under controlled conditions: the fleet is limited to the designated area of South Austin and operates from 6 am to midnight daily; All passengers are by invitation so that the company can collect feedback and comply with Texas regulatory requirements. Despite calls from some lawmakers for a moratorium, lax local regulations allowed Tesla to take the lead in launching unmanned service. Compared with competitors taking the high-cost route of LiDAR and special vehicles, Tesla uses existing models and visual solutions to cut through and lower the hardware threshold. Analysts pointed out that if the security and regulations can be passed in the future, this model will put pressure on companies such as Waymo. On the whole, Austin's trial operation is not only a technical verification, but also a sandbox test for future business models. Success or failure will determine whether Tesla can take the lead in the ten-trillion dollar self-driving car market and may reshape the global transportation industry. Related reports Experts kick Trump's "Made in the USA" mobile phone T1 suspected Chinese OEM goods: three times more expensive fundamental IQ tax "Trump brand mobile phone" binding encryption: is it a self-fattening money printing machine, or is it imitating Solana's wealth code? Is Trump going to do something to Iran? U.S. bombers stationed in Spanish military bases, triple strategic response to the escalation of the Iran-Israel conflict (Tesla Robotaxi Texas trial operation, self-driving taxis will challenge Waymo, Uber's status) This article was first published in BlockTempo's "Dynamic Trend - The Most Influential Blockchain News Media".