Tesla Chief Executive’s Elon Musk’s promise to expand his company’s robotaxi service rapidly to the San Francisco Bay Area caused substantial alarm for local regulators, claims a new report by Reuters. Emails seen by the outlet show that state and federal officials pressed the automaker to clarify its communications, warning of “public confusion” over whether publicly-available robotaxis would be deployed under its current human-driven limousine permit.
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