Tesla’s scaled-back robotaxi timeline is lagging in regulatory approval

Elon Musk recently walked back his impossible extremely ambitious robotaxi goals, shifting from a target of reaching “half the U.S. population by the end of 2025” to a more “modest” goal of launching in “eight to 10 U.S. metro areas” within the next two months.

Now, in a development that should surprise no one, a new report suggests that even this heavily scaled-back timeline is facing significant obstacles.

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