Hi everybody. I'm Brittany Lewis, a breaking news reporter here at Forbes.

Joining me now is Alan Oansman, senior editor and author of the current climate newsletter.

Alan, thanks so much for coming on.

Hi, Brittany. Good to be with you.

Good to be with you. You recently wrote a piece entitled Elon Musk's Robaxie Dream could be a liability nightmare for Tesla and its owners.

And this question really came up during one of our past Muskwatch episodes, since Tesla owners could potentially soon enjoy a new additional revenue stream by adding their car to a fleet of self-driving Tesla robotaxies.

Then the conversation progressed to who exactly would be on the hook, say an accident happened,

when someone else was essentially Airbnb the car.

Would it be the owner of the car or would it be Tesla itself?

So what did you find?

Well, yeah, you raised that question and at the time I didn't have a good answer for you.

And now, after speaking with some legal experts and some people in the industry, I have a better understanding.

And the answer is, would those owners have exposure, legal liability?

Yes, in most cases, it's likely that they would. This is a whole new

concept of a basically Airbnb your car as a robotaxie. There already are systems, there's

a company called Turo, for example, where you can loan your car out in the

case of Turo.

But you also, as an owner for something like that, have to ensure that the car is in good

working condition.

The brakes are in good condition.

The tires are properly inflated, that sort of thing.

There's something very similar that would likely be the case in a future scenario where

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