Tesla faces an existential test this month as it aims to launch self-driving “robotaxis” in its home base of Austin, Texas, where public-safety officials are increasingly concerned about the state’s anti-regulation stance toward autonomous vehicles.

The first Robotaxi Model Y operating without a person in the driver's seat was spotted on South Congress in Austin yesterday. It sported a decal on the side of the vehicle that read "Robotaxi" in the same font as Tesla ’s stylized version of Cybertruck.

Tech consumer advocates find that Tesla Model Ys simply can’t see school buses, kids. Mr. Chiaramonte was an investigative reporter and producer at Fox News, a correspondent for the New York Post, and a news editor for the Messenger.