Tesla's once-bullish tone on robotaxis shifts

Tesla's robotaxi rollout has stalled far below CEO Musk's 2025 promises, with the company now acknowledging city-by-city regulatory and operational constraints rather than its previously claimed universal scalability. The company operates only dozens of vehicles across a handful of cities with limited service areas, whilst competitor Waymo has 220+ million autonomous miles and dominates commercial deployment.

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