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Tesla Releases New Details About Robotaxi Slides—and the Humans Involved
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For more than a year, Tesla has shielded details about its robotaxi crashes from public view.
Key facts
- Now, the company has published new details in a federal database about 17 incidents, which took place between July 2025 and March 2026
- But the service has fewer than 100 vehicles operating in total, compared to Waymo’s nearly 4,000
- In one incident, which took place in July 2025, the safety monitor experienced “minor” injuries after a remote worker drove the Tesla up a curb and into a metal fence at 8 mph
- Both crashes occurred at speeds below 10 miles per hour
Summary
In both crashes, which happened in Austin, “safety monitors” were in the vehicles’ passenger seats to oversee the still-fledgling self-driving tech, and no passengers were riding in the cars. In one incident, which took place in July 2025, the safety monitor experienced “minor” injuries after a remote worker drove the Tesla up a curb and into a metal fence at 8 mph. The other incident, in January 2026, happened after a safety monitor requested navigation help from the remote team. Tesla, which does not have a public relations team, did not respond to WIRED’s request for comment.