Tesla (TSLA) Robotaxi Push Runs Into New Roadblock
New Jersey lawmakers are stepping into Tesla’s robotaxi tech debate, asking if just cameras and AI are enough. A bill up for a vote this year would make all fully autonomous cars in the state use cameras plus two more sensing systems. That could cut out Tesla’s camera-only Robotaxi unless it adds new hardware. “This is not anti-Tesla,” Sen. Andrew Zwicker told The Verge. “I’m pro-New Jersey safety.” Carnegie Mellon’s Philip Koopman said, “camera-only technology is not up to the challenge.” This is important now as Tesla looks to turn a small robotaxi launch into evidence its self-driving tech can scale up. On July 3, Tesla said its robotaxi hit Miami, following the June start of unsupervised robotaxis in Austin.
