Public trust in self-driving vehicles is critical, but without federal standards, companies in the sector get to decide what to share about the safety of their technology, with varying levels of transparency.

In markets like Austin and San Francisco Tesla has already deployed vehicles in ride-hailing trials, albeit with a human driver on standby.

Elon Musk promised the June Austin Robotaxi would operate "unsupervised." New disclosures suggest that won't happen, but what will?

With any new technology or use case, there are bound to be legal cases to test and define the bounds of the law. Currently, a person in the driver’s seat of a Level 2-3 vehicle would find themselves in legal liability for a crash. However, the passenger of a Level 4 vehicle likely would not.

Tesla's June robotaxi debut in Austin is a go, but it will be invite only, a Morgan Stanley analyst, who visited the company's Palo Alto office, said.

Tesla plans to launch a limited robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, next month, and last week Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas, a longtime Tesla bull, met with the EV giant and received details on the plans for its autonomy push.