Elon Musk explains why Tesla is being extremely careful while scaling Robotaxi The ambition is massive...but Elon’s priority is making sure they do not hurt anyone There are roughly 30,000–40,000 automotive deaths every year in the U.S., and most receive almost no national attention But if a Tesla Robotaxi injures even ONE person, it can instantly become worldwide headline news and regulators could clamp down on the entire operation So Tesla has to do two things at the same time: Scale Robotaxi as fast as humanly possible AND make sure it causes essentially no harm Elon put it very simply: “We do not want to injure anyone” “And ideally...not even run over a pet” That is the real constraint on Robotaxi right now And despite being this cautious, the rollout is accelerating fast Tesla’s authorized Cybercab fleet in Texas has nearly QUADRUPLED in just one month 45 → 169 Cybercabs And Tesla now has 589 Robotaxi vehicles authorized in Texas when you include 420 Model Ys Unsupervised Robotaxi miles have also been growing at double-digit rates week after week So Tesla is not moving slowly It’s scaling incredibly fast while trying to maintain an insanely high safety bar That’s the balance Elon is trying to solve