In a momentous stride for autonomous vehicles, Tesla has successfully
delivered a Model Y SUV from its Gigafactory Texas in Austin to a customer’s
home with no one behind the wheel or supervising remotely. Elon Musk
revealed in a post on X (Tesla's platform) that the delivery—scheduled for
June 28, 2025—actually occurred a day early, on June 27, affirming the
delivery was “FULLY autonomous” with “no people in the car at all” .
Historic Milestone: Tesla Completes First Unsupervised Model Y Delivery
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| Tesla has successfully transported a Model Y SUV from its Gigafactory in Texas, located in Austin, directly to a customer’s residence with no driver present. | Image courtesy - wikimedia |
A Landmark Demonstration of FSD Capability
This milestone marks the first publicly known instance of a Tesla
navigating public highways, suburban roads, and parking lots to complete a
full delivery without human or tele-operator involvement. The vehicle
reached speeds up to 72 mph, approaching the Texas highway limit, as
confirmed by Tesla’s Head of AI, Ashok Elluswamy.
Tesla’s X account shared a video of the journey (scroll to watch video), showcasing the Model Y
leaving the factory, cruising through traffic, navigating city roads, and
stopping curbside for delivery at an apartment complex.
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| Tesla's X post showcasing Model-Y fully autonomous delivery to customers apartment, with no one in the car. | Image courtesy - Tesla X Account |
Musk expressed congratulatory sentiments: “Congratulations to the @Tesla_AI
teams, both software & AI chip design!”
Context: From FSD to Robotaxi
The autonomous delivery follows Tesla’s staggered announcements—starting
with supervised robotaxi trials in Austin on June 22—featuring human
safety monitors onboard .Those pilot vehicles, also Model Y units equipped
with the FSD Unsupervised software, took passengers on geofenced
routes—albeit as per
reuters report , robotaxi had occasional incidents like wrong way driving, abrupt
braking, dropping passengers off at wrong intersections and speeding,
prompting scrutiny by the NHTSA
Yet unlike those rides, the delivery vehicle operated without any person
in the car or remote supervision, highlighting Tesla’s confidence in its
unsupervised Full Self Driving (FSD) stack. The absence of any supervision
in clarified and highlighted by Tesla on its X account post.
Tesla claims this is the “first fully autonomous drive with no people in
the car or remotely operating the car on a public highway”. While
Waymo has previously conducted driverless employee rides in Phoenix and
other cities since 2024 using lidar based systems (as per
CNBC report), Tesla achieves this with its vision and AI centric camera setup.
Elon Musk and Tesla describe the milestone as validation for their camera
only strategy, aiming to scale unsupervised driving at lower cost.
Here is the official video of full autonomous delivery -
Implications for the Future
1.Advancing Mass Autonomous Delivery
Tesla intends this technology to eventually enable all factory built
vehicles to self deliver everywhere—reducing the logistical reliance on
human drivers. Musk previously teased self delivery being a near future
feature.
2.Competitive Divergence
Unlike Waymo's lidar-dependent model, Tesla’s reliance on vision-only AI
promises broader scalability. However, concerns remain: Waymo already
offers commercial driverless rides, whereas Tesla is limited to an invite
only pilot in Austin with known software hiccups. Read more about the
issues robotaxi faced
here.
3.Regulatory and Safety Oversight
NHTSA investigators are probing Tesla’s robotaxi program for traffic
violations and erratic behavior –
CNBC report. The scale up of unsupervised deliveries will likely undergo
intense regulator and public review.
4.Strategic Momentum
This demonstration came amid Tesla's drive to bolster its stock and
autonomous leadership—as shares surged after the robotaxi pilot launch. A
self delivering vehicle sends a message to investors and rivals that
Tesla’s FSD is progressing beyond supervised beta stages.
What Tesla X Post Said-
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| Elon Musk confirms Tesla's first Fully autonomous Model Y delivery to customer with no body in the car and no remote supervision | Image courtesy - Elon Must X account |
In its official post on X, Tesla stated: “The first fully autonomous
delivery of a Tesla Model Y from factory to a customer home across town,
including highways, was just completed a day ahead of schedule”.
Elon Musk added:
“There were no people in the car at all and no remote operators ... To
the best of our knowledge, this is the first fully autonomous drive ... on
a public highway.”
Road Ahead: What’s Next
From Pilot to Production: Tesla hopes to embed self delivery
functionality across all new vehicles, reducing delivery costs and
enhancing customer convenience.
Regulatory Clearance: Full roll out depends on resolving safety concerns
and securing approvals. Progress may undershoot Musk’s rhetoric but
provides critical real world validation.
Further Rollouts: Robotaxis are expanding to additional cities post
Austin, with upcoming Cybercab production slated for 2026–2027.Read more about this on wikipedia.
Consumer Offering: Commercial availability of unsupervised self delivery
or even unsupervised driving assistance remains undetermined—but this
paves the way.
Tesla’s driverless Model Y delivery from Gigafactory Texas to a customer’s
home on June 27, 2025 is a significant milestone, ushering in a new era where
unsupervised Full Self Driving achieves real world application. While
competitors like Waymo have already undertaken employee routes, Tesla’s
vision powered, no person on board demonstration underscores its ambition to
revolutionize logistics and ride hailing. The road to mass deployment is
fraught with technical, regulatory, and public safety hurdles—but for now,
Tesla has delivered on a promise many thought would remain symbolic.
