Austin Reported a Tesla Robotaxi ‘Security Concern’

Austin reported its first incident with a Tesla Robotaxi service, in response to the town’s autonomous automobile incident dashboard.

The security concern was reported to have occurred on East Oltorf Road in downtown Austin, in response to the dashboard.

A spokesperson for Tesla didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

The Austin transportation division didn’t instantly reply to questions in regards to the incident.

The dashboard tracks security issues and points, corresponding to collisions or close to misses, involving autonomous automobiles within the metropolis. The dashboard additionally exhibits incidents with different self-driving firms, together with Waymo and Zoox. It has detailed 120 incidents over the previous two years and 45 in 2025.

Austin’s dashboard depends on reviews from metropolis departments and its 311 service fairly than direct monitoring. The town says the info is unvalidated and will miss incidents citywide.

Tesla launched its robotaxi service on June 22 to a choose group of customers. Elon Musk has mentioned the launch would start with between 10 to twenty robotaxis.

At present, Robotaxi rides embrace a security monitor who sits within the passenger seat and distant operators who can intervene when wanted, in response to movies of Tesla’s Robotaxi service posted on-line.

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