Do you want to try Tesla’s Robotaxis? The tests are now open to everyone, alongside the dedicated application

After a few months to test its Robotaxi service with guest members, Tesla begins to open the doors to its Robotaxi program. The newly launched iOS application of the electric car manufacturer is now live, signaling the start of a wider public beta version – although it is not entirely free for everyone. You will always have to join a waiting list, but the service is now open beyond influencers focused on Tesla who have been previously invited.

This decision is the biggest of Tesla to date in its driverless mission, and it comes only ten weeks after the company started Robotaxi Rides in Austin, Texas. Until now, this has been a matter reserved for members, with carefully selected initiates given in the company’s autonomous YS model. But with the public application, Tesla allows ordinary people to sit.

Tesla seems to look at a basis of sustainable users: commuters, the inhabitants and anyone who would have ever wanted to skip the little leaked conversation. And with the application available for iOS users, deployment is like the first major signal that Tesla thinks it is ready for prime time.

There is still a geofence, although it has grown considerably. The current Robotaxi service area in Austin has traveled 190 square miles in the previous 10 weeks, beating the Waymo Austin region. That said, Waymo currently operates in many more cities than Tesla Robotaxis, the automaker starting provisional tests in San Francisco, California.

Austin Geofence de Tesla now includes its own Giga Texas factory (for customer deliveries), the routes of the Austin airport and motorway. The highway tracks are delivered with a warning: Tesla keeps a safety instructor in the driver’s seat for these high -speed stretches. It is a choice in the name of security rather than a legal requirement.

It should be noted how fast this pivot was. Tesla managed to pass closed tests to a deployment of the public application in about two and a half months. For the context, Waymo took 12 months to reach the same stage. It is quite obvious that Tesla’s advanced pace comes from its additional years of test of the complete autonomous driving system in beta in consumer cars.

There is no word yet at the time when Android users will have access to the application, or how long the waiting list could take. But if you are in Austin and you are quick to press the download, you could end up in the back of the future earlier than you think.