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00:03Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Thursday that the company began operating a small number of
00:09robo-taxi vehicles in Austin, Texas, without a human driver or safety supervisor on board,
00:15according to CNBC. Vice President of Software Ashok Eliswami said the service includes a few
00:22unsupervised vehicles mixed with a broader fleet that still has safety monitors,
00:26with the ratio expected to increase over time.
00:30Musk said at the World Economic Forum that self-driving cars are essentially solved and
00:35predicted widespread U.S. availability this year. Tesla trails competitors already operating fully
00:40driverless robo-taxi services, with Waymo leading in the U.S. and Apollo Go leading in China,
00:46alongside competition from WeRide. Shares rose 4.2% to close at $449.36 on Thursday.
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