The company said its timeline for Robotaxi launch had been moved up and the service could launch as soon as Friday.

Waymo’s robotaxis are fully driverless and expanding fast, while Tesla’s service is still limited and invite-only. The gap is bigger than you think.

The Tesla CEO said the company expects to expand their autonomous driver service to include customer-owned cars.

Tesla has started giving rides in driverless Model Y SUVs in Austin. Details are still sparse, but limited service is open to vetted and invited riders.

On Monday, Tesla posted a picture of the robotaxi's new coverage area within Austin, focusing mainly on moving north up I-35 and a wider swath of South Austin below Lady Bird Lake. And it looks like a penis. "Harder, better, faster, stronger," the company's official robotaxi account posted on X, alongside a photo of the map.

Meta, Amazon and Microsoft lead an earnings wave, along with a Fed meeting and Trump tariff deadline. Tesla robotaxi may expand to San Francisco, with a caveat.

For comparison, Alphabet's Waymo covers a roughly equal, but far less penile-shaped area of Austin. Musk recently announced the Robotaxi project's expansion in Austin, and added that the Robotaxi service may expand to the Bay Area "in a month or two." We shudder to think which shape the Robotaxi geofenced area may take over there.

Meanwhile, another artificial intelligence (AI)-powered transportation stock has rocketed higher this year, partly due to its emerging autonomous driving business. Lately, the stock seems to go up when Tesla goes down and vice versa. Is it the ultimate threat to Tesla's autonomous driving ambitions?