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Only a few days after launching a restricted robotaxi service in Austin, Texas<\/a>, Tesla pulled off an extra stunt meant to indicate off the progress of its self-driving automotive software program. The corporate let a Mannequin Y SUV drive roughly 15 miles<\/a> from Tesla\u2019s manufacturing unit to the house advanced the place the automotive\u2019s new proprietor lives, finishing what CEO Elon Musk referred to as the primary \u201cautonomous supply\u201d of a buyer automotive.<\/p>\n The automobile was supposedly outfitted with the identical software program Tesla\u2019s robotaxi Mannequin Ys are utilizing in Austin, however upon supply was downgraded to the commercially obtainable Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software program that requires drivers to concentrate and be able to take over at any second. Nobody was on board and Musk claimed no distant help was given to the automotive.<\/p>\n The stunt got here at an auspicious time for Tesla, which is ready to launch second-quarter supply figures this week and monetary outcomes for the interval later this month. These numbers are anticipated to be grim for Tesla<\/a>, which noticed gross sales fall in 2024<\/a> \u2014 earlier than Musk took a chainsaw to the corporate\u2019s public picture<\/a> by getting concerned with the Trump administration. Positive sufficient, Tesla\u2019s inventory worth shot up late Friday after Musk first posted concerning the drive (though it has since fallen after a tough day of buying and selling Monday).<\/p>\n I used to dwell within the metropolis and have pushed by means of this space of South Austin so much; the trail the Mannequin Y took was advanced, even on a brilliant, sunny day in the course of the afternoon. Within the 30-minute video of the journey (Tesla additionally posted a sped-up model<\/a> that lasts round 3.5 minutes), the automotive merges on and off of a freeway, turns proper on purple, navigates a small roundabout, and makes an unprotected left flip.<\/p>\n