Elon Musk presents: Taxis

Today, Explained

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🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Elon Musk and Tesla launched their long-delayed robotaxi service this weekend in Texas. The Verge's Andrew Hawkins explains why so much is riding on its success. This episode was produced by Devan Schwartz, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Denise Guerra, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. A Tesla robotaxi in Austin, Texas. Photo by Tim Goessman/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	About a week ago, there was a big boom in the United States, but you probably didn't hear it.
0:06.2	It went down in a tiny town called Starbase, Texas, population 500 or so.
0:13.1	Home, though, of Elon Musk's Space X.
0:16.8	On Wednesday night, the company was testing its starship and things went horribly wrong.
0:22.0	Whoa!
0:24.0	What?
0:24.5	No!
0:25.8	Oh my God.
0:46.3	Luckily no one was in that spaceship, but there are real humans riding in Musk's Tesla robo taxis. Those had a relatively more successful launch in Texas on Sunday, but we're going to ask if Tesla's really ready for driverless vehicles on Today Explained.
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