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\u201cI feel very confident predicting that there will be autonomous robotaxis from Tesla next year \u2014 not in all jurisdictions because we won\u2019t have regulatory approval everywhere.\u201d That\u2019s a quote from Elon Musk, from April 2019. In fact, that\u2019s almost exactly 5 years ago today, as Autonomy Day was April 22, 2019. Musk added that he was very confident that in 2020 they\u2019d have regulatory approval for robotaxi service somewhere.<\/p>\n

One of the things included in Tesla\u2019s latest shareholder letter is a series of screenshots of a Tesla ridesharing app concept. Naturally, it\u2019s just some graphic design, and we saw similar graphics from Tesla several years ago. Here\u2019s a graphic from 5 years ago (April 2019):<\/p>\n

Tesla ride-sharing app concept from April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! \u201cI feel very confident predicting that there will be autonomous robotaxis from Tesla next year \u2014 not in all jurisdictions because we won\u2019t have regulatory approval everywhere.\u201d That\u2019s a quote from Elon Musk, from April 2019. 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