Tesla’s newly-launched ride-hailing service in San Francisco isn’t quite ready for the “robotaxi” designation. After launching its robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, with a “safety monitor” in the passenger seat last month,

Tesla launched a ride-hailing service in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, without indicating whether it would be using self-driving vehicles that power its Austin, Texas operations.

Now Tesla has launched a service in San Francisco, seeing expansion to a second city being the initial Austin, Texas, deployment of robotaxi. The news was shared through the Tesla AI account on X, confirming that ride-hailing was available in the San Francisco Bay Area.