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Tesla reveals two Robotaxi crashes involving teleoperators | TechCrunch

TechCrunch·Sean O'Kane·17 days ago
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Tesla Robotaxis have crashed at least twice since July 2025 while a teleoperator was remotely driving the vehicles, according to newly unredacted information submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Both crashes happened in Austin, Texas and occurred at low speeds. In each case, there was a safety monitor behind the wheel and no passengers were onboard. The new information comes just a few months after Tesla told lawmakers that it allows remote operators to pilot one of the company’s vehicles as long as they stay under 10 miles per hour. “This capability enables Tesla to promptly move a vehicle that may be in a compromising position, thereby mitigating the need to wait for a first responder or Tesla field representative to manually recover the vehicle,” the company said at the time. Tesla, like other companies working on autonomous vehicle technology, is required to submit detailed information about any crashes to NHTSA.…

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