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Elon Musk celebrated Friday after a Tesla drove itself from a manufacturing unit to a buyer’s dwelling for the primary time.
“First time {that a} automobile has delivered itself to its proprietor!” Musk boasted on X, a day earlier than his 54th birthday.
Musk stated the supply was finished forward of schedule.
“The primary totally autonomous supply of a Tesla Mannequin Y from manufacturing unit to a buyer dwelling throughout city, together with highways, was simply accomplished a day forward of schedule,” Musk wrote in one other put up. “There have been no folks within the automobile in any respect and no distant operators in management at any level. FULLY autonomous.”
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Elon Musk celebrated Friday after a Tesla drove itself from a manufacturing unit to a buyer’s dwelling for the primary time. (Marc Piasecki/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Tesla shared video of the drive, writing on X:,”This Tesla drove itself from Gigafactory Texas to its new proprietor’s dwelling ~30min away — crossing parking tons, highways & town to succeed in its new proprietor.”
Tesla additionally debuted its robotaxi service in Austin this week.
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Forward of the launch, CNBC reported the corporate would function invite-only robotaxi rides, utilizing just a few Mannequin Ys, inside a geofenced space of Austin.

Tesla Mannequin Y automobiles at an Austin, Texas, dealership. (Brandon Bell/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
There have been anticipated to be “security displays” with the automobiles, Electrek reported, citing invites.
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“Tremendous congratulations to the @Tesla_AI software program & chip design groups on a profitable @Robotaxi launch!!” Musk wrote Sunday afternoon in an X put up. “End result of a decade of laborious work. Each the AI chip and software program groups had been constructed from scratch inside Tesla.”
Fox Information’ Aislinn Murphy and Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.