Tesla insiders say Musk is all-in on Robotaxi, with thousands of vehicles targeted this year
FuSheng_0306 · x · 2026-09-10
The author, citing conversations with Tesla insiders, reports that Robotaxi is now one of Tesla's top priorities: Musk has reorganized the product line to concentrate resources on it, with deployment this year possibly reaching several thousand vehicles collecting corner cases while operating.
Details still lag Waymo, but the key edge is cost — Waymo charges more than twice as much for the same route. The author argues Tesla's safety-first, cost-driven, data-flywheel approach will win on ROI.
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