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title: "Tesla’s robotaxi promises are clashing with reality"
type: "News"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/293649864.md"
description: "During a recent earnings call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk addressed the company's robotaxi program, acknowledging a clash between ambitious promises and current realities. While highlighting expansion into new cities and increased vehicle usage, Musk tempered expectations regarding future growth. He emphasized that scaling efforts are proceeding at maximum speed while prioritizing safety to prevent harm to people or animals."
datetime: "2026-07-23T17:15:49.000Z"
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# Tesla’s robotaxi promises are clashing with reality

In an earnings call yesterday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk did his best to paint a positive portrait of the company's robotaxi program. New cities are being added, more miles are being driven, and more people are experiencing Tesla's unsupervised vehicles.

But Musk's typical bullishness seemed to be absent from the call, as the occasional trillionaire sought to temper expectations about the program's future.

"We're going as fast as humanly possible in scaling Robotaxi," Musk said, "while trying to ensure that we do not harm anyone at all and ideally do not even run over a pet."

Musk's insistence that Tesla's robotaxi service was growing is clas …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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