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SAT · 03 OCT 2026
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Tesla's Robotaxi Rollout Hits Turbulence — Rain, Pets, and a Rocky Austin Debut

Tesla's Cybercab service stumbled through its first month in Austin, raising questions about whether the company can expand beyond its lone market. Elon Musk attributed operating-hour limits to the challenge of detecting pets at night, while a separate rain-soaked demo did little to settle doubts about the system's real-world readiness. Together the episodes suggest a robotaxi program still working out basic kinks even as Tesla talks up scaling.

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