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’s driverless robotaxi finally hit the road this weekend, sending shares of the electric vehicle maker up about 5% on Monday.
The EV giant debuted autonomous rides in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, opening the service to a limited number of riders by invitation only. CEO Elon Musk said in a post on social media platform X that customers were charged a flat fee of $4.20.
“Super congratulations to the @Tesla_AI software & chip design teams on a successful @Robotaxi launch!! Culmination of a decade of hard work. Both the AI chip and software teams were built from scratch within Tesla,” he said in a post.
One tester wrote on X that they did 11 “smooth as butter” rides with the service with “zero issues.” Musk reposted numerous firsthand encounters with the services.
