A mannequin simulating a child crossing the street to board a school bus was crushed over and over again by a Tesla equipped with a self-driving feature on Thursday—safety advocates' latest warning of weaknesses in the automaker's tech as it prepares to launch robotaxis on Austin roads.

While Tesla is on the verge of starting a new chapter, Alphabet’s Waymo has been quietly providing actual paid robotaxi rides to customers in San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Austin, where Tesla’s test will begin.

Though the test was completed with child-sized manikins as opposed to real children, the Tesla failed the test all six times.

With Tesla just days away from a planned rollout of its paid robotaxi service in Austin, the electric vehicle manufacturer is reportedly trying to prevent city officials from releasing records related to its robotaxi trial period.

Tesla stock was rising early Tuesday after a few comments from President Donald Trump and a few tweets from CEO Elon Musk, which have investors less worried about last week’s feud.Shares of the electric-vehicle maker were up 1.

Tesla is officially listed as an autonomous vehicle operator in Austin ahead of the robotaxi launch, but the bigger news is that it has a media inquiry email

Tesla (TSLA) stock is in focus as investors wait for the company's robotaxi event on Thursday. The autonomous taxi launch comes just after CEO Elon Musk and US President Trump's public fallout. Guggenheim Securities director of automotive equity research,