Tesla rolls out its Robotaxi service without a safety monitor in Miami, its fifth city, as it aims to expand to a dozen US states by the end of 2026
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Pulling the safety monitor raises the bar on regulators and insurers more than on the tech itself — policy risk is now the gating factor for scaling to a dozen states by 2026. If you operate in mobility or adjacent infra, assume mixed regimes for years and design services that can flex between human-supervised and fully autonomous modes.
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