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Tesla pushed its Austin Robotaxi hours one hour later, to 11 p.m. Texas records show 169 Cybercabs cleared for paid rides, up from 45 at the Sept. 3 launch. Musk says pets at night are the holdup.
Gov. Newsom signed SB 1246 on Sept. 30. Starting July 1, 2028, a robotaxi that blocks an emergency for more than 30 minutes after a technician is requested can cost its company up to $10,000 per vehicle.
Tesla opened its high-volume Semi plant in Sparks, Nevada, on Sept. 24 and says deliveries to a first group of customers started this week. It gave a 50,000-a-year capacity number, but no price and no current production rate.
Dubai's RTA opened Dubai Mobility Labs at Dubai Silicon Oasis on Sept. 27. It mixes test tracks with public-road trials, DEKRA runs it, and WeRide, Pony.ai, and Tesla have already been through it.
Chinese media say a Tesla team hit Ningbo on Sept. 16–17 to audit Tuopu, Joyson, and Sanhua for Optimus. Suppliers confirm robotics work — not necessarily this audit round. Treat $20k and ~50k-unit claims as unverified.
U.S. safety regulators gave Tesla until Sept. 30 to answer under oath how the no-wheel, no-pedals Cybercab was certified legal to sell.
After a year of slipped 2026 dates, Tesla locked a Thursday Oct. 1 reveal in Waco at 8:30 p.m. ET — invites out, thruster teaser on, near SpaceX McGregor.
NHTSA Audit Query AQ26002 is asking how Tesla self-certified ~1,000 Cybercabs with no steering wheel, pedals, or mirrors — after commercial rides began in Austin on Sept. 3.
Ashok Elluswamy told the Cybercab crowd Tesla hit 1M unsupervised Robotaxi miles — up from 380k six weeks earlier. Real claim, tiny vs Waymo, and the word “unsupervised” is the whole story.