by Olivier Acuña Barba •Published: July 26, 2025•16:03•2 minutes read
Tesla wants to acquire position based on the leading Robotaxi Company Waymo. Credit: Tada Images/Shutterstock
Elon Musk, who lost $385 billion this year, told Tesla car owners that he will be allowed to add vehicles to the company’s Robotaxi network within the next year.
“I will continue to say it with confidence next year,” Tesla CEO Musk said over the phone. “I don’t know when next year will be, but I’ll be confident next year.”
The world’s wealthiest person made his announcement during a shareholders meeting despite Tesla’s incredible losses in 2025. Mask’s predictions didn’t sit well with Tesla investors It has been reported By livemint. Musk said the plan could allow hundreds of thousands of customers to make money by renting cars remotely as self-driving taxis.
Mark a big expansion
Tesla owners’ plans could mark a significant expansion of the company’s Robotaxis network, which officially launched in Austin last month with several self-driving vehicles directly owned and operated by Tesla. It has been reported atlasgazette.
Tesla’s move is a bid to compete with industry leader Waymo. Waymo is a fleet of self-driving Robotaxis Ferries that pays customers in several cities across the United States.
Musk admitted that his Tesla team has yet to “do their best” on the details of adding cars they don’t own directly to the Robotaxi network. He said their priorities now are safety in Austin, Texas.
Make sure they are fully controlled
“We need to make sure it works when the vehicle is fully controlled,” Musk said.
Tesla reported in the second quarter of 2025 that revenue fell 12% year-on-year to $22.5 billion, the worst performance of EV in at least 10 years. The company believes it has waned in a continuing slump, with vehicle delivery and prices dropping, masks involved in the Trump administration and a trend that has worsened with declining revenues from environmental credits.
Plans to allow private Tesla users to rent vehicles within the company’s Robotaxi network also increase the chances that individuals will manage their fleet.
It is unclear how the issues of regulation and liability work, along with the technical aspects of such plans. For now, Tesla has not yet completely removed safety drivers from vehicles owned and operated by the fledgling Robotaxi service.
Due to the first Austin deployment, Tesla always had someone in the passenger seat. Tesla gradually expanded its service radius in Austin (a map shared on Tesla Online last week clearly depicts the latest Robotakshi service area in the form of a phallus).
Tesla seeks approval for the Robotaxi expansion
Tesla’s Robotaxi service is currently only available on invitations, but Musk outlined its ambitious expansion plans for the Robotaxi service during its revenue call on Wednesday, saying Tesla is seeking regulatory approval for launches in the Bay Area, Nevada, Arizona and Florida.
“As soon as we get approval and prove it safe, we will start an autonomous ride in most of the country. I think by the end of the year, we will probably have an autonomous ride in half the US population,” he said.
Until now, Tesla’s Robotaxis has not been involved in any major safety accidents covering approximately 7,000 miles so far.
