However, fully autonomous, as Musk has used it, might be a bit of a misnomer.

Recent reports show the company is planning to hire a human team to remotely troubleshoot its robotaxi operations.

Our cars and robots operate autonomously in challenging environments.

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Tele-operators can be transported into the robotaxi via a state-of-the-art VR rig, it adds.

Tesla would not be the first robotaxi company to use this method.

In fact, its an industry standard.

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