Tesla released a new video on Friday evening showing a Model Y fully driving itself from the Gigafactory in Texas to its new owner’s home, with no one inside the car.
The successful test happened on Friday, one day ahead of schedule, according to Tesla. CEO Elon Musk said back on June 10 that the this test was slated to take place on June 28.
The trip, which took about 30 minutes, shows the Model Y navigating parking lots, city streets, and even highways—a first for Tesla’s Robotaxi software, which previously only operated in limited geofenced areas without highway support.
A Cybertruck equipped with external cameras followed and filmed the journey, capturing the Model Y as it drove solo through Austin traffic.
Inside the car, cabin cameras show that all seats—driver, passenger, and back—are empty.
Tesla says the vehicle was equipped with FSD (Supervised) software and the new Robotaxi platform upon delivery. The drive was fully automated, with no human intervention.
When the Model Y arrived at the customer’s front door, Tesla employees greeted the new owner with, “Welcome to your new Tesla!” as he stepped inside the vehicle that had just driven itself from the factory floor to his driveway. You can see the car signal as it pulls over, then it proceeds to turn on the hazards after it parks.
This demo shows the potential for future Teslas to deliver themselves directly to customers, saving time and logistics. Tesla previously showed a video of its vehicles driving themselves from the factory floor to loading docks at Giga Texas.
“The first fully autonomous delivery of a Tesla Model Y from factory to a customer home across town, including highways, was just completed a day ahead of schedule!!” said Musk on Friday afternoon.
“Congratulations to the @Tesla_AI teams, both software & AI chip design!” added Musk.
“There were no people in the car at all and no remote operators in control at any point,” Musk continued to say. “FULLY autonomous! To the best of our knowledge, this is the first fully autonomous drive with no people in the car or remotely operating the car on a public highway.”
The max speed of the Tesla driving was 72 mph (115 kph), added Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s head of Autopilot and AI, also calling this experience “the new normal”.
Check out the video below—this is pretty cool:
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Don't worry. in 10 years it will cost as much money as the overpriced iPad on wheels junk to fix and replace broken electronics, much less the battery. There will be more Teslas in junkyards in 20 years in 2045 than there are 2000 era ones in 2025.
A honda Civic has better fit and finish. I mean, when you can't even get seatbelts installed properly in 2025 there is a problem.
I'm far from a Tesla fan or a Musk zealot (you can check my old posts) but you are quite wrong here: tons of YT videos of the original model S (i ușe that because it's the oldest) with over 3-400k and the battery at 75-80% .
I was surprised, being a skeptical about these cars from the get go…
Of course, that doesn't mean that the liebtard gubernmint should shove one down my throat by royal edict.
I can't help thinking how affordable it would be to weaponize a driverless car.
Just think, load it up with explosives with a timer and send it to the local mall.
Maybe I'm a victim of too much Netflix but I sincerely hope there are safeguards against this kind of stuff.
Yet it does make you wonder what if…
I'm far from a Tesla fan or a Musk zealot (you can check my old posts) but you are quite wrong here: tons of YT videos of the original model S (i ușe that because it's the oldest) with over 3-400k and the battery at 75-80% .
I was surprised, being a skeptical about these cars from the get go…
Of course, that doesn't mean that the liebtard gubernmint should shove one down my throat by royal edict.