Tesla Has Logged Zero Autonomous Test Miles in California Since 2019
DMV records reveal Tesla hasn't tested autonomous driving on California roads in years, despite Musk's robotaxi promises.
Here's a fun disconnect. Elon Musk has spent over a year claiming Tesla is just months away from launching a driverless robotaxi service in California. The state's DMV records tell a very different story.
According to California DMV data obtained by Reuters, Tesla has logged exactly zero autonomous test miles on the state's roads since 2019. That's not a typo. Zero miles. Over multiple years.
This matters because California requires companies testing autonomous vehicles to report their mileage. Competitors like Waymo have racked up millions of miles in the state. Tesla? Nothing on the books.
Musk has repeatedly positioned the robotaxi launch as imminent. But it's hard to launch a driverless service in a state where you haven't done any officially recorded autonomous testing in years. The gap between the rhetoric and the regulatory paperwork is striking.