Just when you thought Elon Musk couldn’t get any more audacious, he’s back with another wild proclamation about Tesla’s robotaxis taking over the Bay Area. 🙄

The Regulatory Roadblock

In classic Musk fashion, he casually dropped on X that Tesla’s autonomous taxi service would be rolling into San Francisco “in a month or two”. But hold up - the California DMV and Public Utilities Commission have entered chat, and they’re not buying what Musk is selling.

The bureaucratic tea is piping hot: Tesla hasn’t even applied for the necessary permits to operate driverless vehicles commercially. California’s regulations are no joke, requiring companies to jump through multiple regulatory hoops before autonomous vehicles can cruise our streets.

Political Pushback

Assemblymember Catherine Stefani isn’t here for Musk’s tech bro shenanigans. She penned a scathing letter to the DMV, basically calling out Tesla’s “flagrant disregard” for state rules. Drawing parallels to Cruise’s spectacular implosion, Stefani emphasized that California won’t tolerate companies “overpromising and under-delivering on safety”.

The Musk Reality Check

This isn’t Musk’s first rodeo with overpromising autonomous vehicle timelines. Remember his 2019 claim about having 1 million robotaxis on the road by 2020? Spoiler alert: that didn’t happen. With ongoing NHTSA investigations and safety concerns from Austin’s limited launch, Tesla’s robotaxi dreams might just remain in park.