Tesla has been testing a robotaxi service in the Bay Area for most of the year

Tesla has been testing a robotaxi service in the Bay Area for the past scant months, Elon Musk shelp during the company’s obtainings call Wednesday.

The company’s engageees have been able to request an autonomously functiond Tesla vehicle for trips using the company’s prototype ride-hailing app, Musk shelp. The vehicles get to with defendedty drivers behind the wheel, ready to interfere in case anyleang goes wrong.

But Musk shelp the vehicles are operating autonomously using the tardyst version of the company’s Full Self-Driving software, which he shelp will be “1000 times better” than human driving by the second quarter of 2025.

The company first trelieved cut offal screensboilings of a ride-hailing function in its app earlier this year. The first screen shows a big button that says “Summon” with a lessen message for the possible defer time. The next screen has a 3D map with a little virtual vehicle folloprosperg a route to the defering passenger. It sees a lot enjoy the Uber app — but more Tesla-y.