Tesla is rolling out robot pilots in Orlando and Tampa ahead of second-quarter earnings

Tesla has brought an unspecified number of unattended Model Y SUVs to Orlando and Tampa, just one day before the company’s scheduled second-quarter earnings call. This is the third city in Florida in which Tesla is testing the emerging automated taxi service, after launching it on a small scale in Miami a few weeks ago.

The two new cities It appears to have fairly small operational areasTesla did not provide any other details about the launch. As some fans noted, Tesla announced self-driving fleets in Dallas and Houston before its first-quarter earnings announcement, but It has not yet expanded the scope of these operations. The company dissolved its press office years ago.

Tesla has taken a much slower approach to supporting its commercial taxi service than it promised investors. For example, CEO Elon Musk said repeatedly Tesla’s automated car will serve half the US population by the end of 2025.

Show Musk more Measured Comments earlier this year on Tesla’s Q1 call. But the company may get significant support from the Trump administration, as happened last month with the Department of Transportation Suggest a rule change This will no longer require brake pedals to be integrated into cars designed to be autonomous. If approved, it could pave the way for Tesla to try to deploy dozens of two-seat e-taxis that have been launched in cities across the country.