It hasn’t even applied for a permit yet, but Tesla wants to have Robotaxis running next year

That Elon Muskthe CEO of Tesla, is always optimisticto with deadlines It is something already known; especially for the company’s shareholders. But now, and with the Tesla Robotaxi, Musk could have gone back to his old ways. Not in vain, during the presentation of this vehicle, on October 10, Elon Musk himself pointed out the marketing date of this autonomous car for “before 2027”.

But Just a few hours ago, during Tesla’s third quarter results presentation, The manager has not hesitated to assure that “he will launch the Robotaxi driverless transport service in California and Texas (United States) in 2025”according to Europa Press.

California confirms that Tesla has not yet requested the necessary permit

“We believe that next year we will be able to have driverless Tesla vehicles,” said the businessman. A statement that clashes head-on with the need to obtain a test permit for driverless vehicles in states like California… and that The Department of Motor Vehicles of this state has already indicated that it does not have it and that it has not even requested it.

A circumstance that does not seem to worry much to the CEO of Tesla who, although he has recognized that Obtaining this state license is not something we “fully control”it has also been shown very confident of achieving: “I would be surprised if we don’t get approval next year.”

Tesla’s track record doesn’t help

Although Tesla has a much easier time obtaining permission to put its Robotaxi into operation in Texas, given that this state does not request specific permits for self-driving vehicles, it must be remembered that the current situation of Tesla, investigated for the umpteenth time by the NHTSAdoes not play in your favor.

Just 4 days ago this organization, the United States Highway Safety Administration, opened a federal investigation against the brand to “determine if its partial self-driving system is defective.”

He did it after after recording four accidentsone of them with a deceased, in which the North American brand’s vehicles were involved. The purpose of this agency, as they stated in a statement, was to evaluate Yeah Tesla’s system is capable of “detecting and appropriately responding to foggy environments and low visibility situations.” on the road.”

Meanwhile, Tesla increases its profits

The statements by the CEO of Tesla come after the presentation of the company’s results for the third quarter of the year, in which the North American company recorded a net profit of 2,167 million dollars, 17% more than a year ago.

In addition, the company increased its revenues to $25,182 million, which represents an increase of 8% in the last 12 months. Specifically, heThe automotive division recorded revenues of $20,016 million, 2% more than in the same period of 2023 and 0.7% more than in the second quarter of this same year.