TL;DR
Hailing a car that drives itself is spreading across Texas one city at a time. Tesla says its Robotaxi service opens to riders in Fort Worth on Monday, Nov. 2, at 6 a.m., the fourth Texas city on its list, according to a secondary report of the company's announcement. The zone is centered on downtown and reaches out toward Saginaw, White Settlement, Benbrook, Haltom City and Forest Hill. Tesla has not said whether a safety monitor rides along, how many cars will run, or what a ride costs. Across the Atlantic, Tesla's two-seat Cybercab, built with no steering wheel, starts a 12-stop display tour of Europe in Zürich on Nov. 5, so crowds from Berlin to Budapest can see the car up close. For our odds on when Tesla's rides reach about 10 Sun Belt metros and owners' own cars, plus the timeline of breakthroughs that brought robotaxis this far, subscribe.
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