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Investing.com -- Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has invited a small group of people to test its robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, with rides scheduled to begin Sunday, according to social media posts and email screenshots, Reuters reported.
The test vehicles will have Tesla employees in the front passenger seat during rides, the invitation posts showed.
The Austin trial represents a critical moment for Tesla as the company shifts its focus from developing cheaper electric vehicles toward robotics and artificial intelligence development, areas that now support much of the company’s market valuation.
Tesla plans to deploy approximately 10 Model Y SUVs operating on a version of the company’s full self-driving driver assistance software for the initial test, according to CEO Elon Musk.
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