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Houston Police Union Backs Tesla Robotaxi After Map Expansion
The Houston Police Officers' Union posted on X, on Tuesday, October 27, a message encouraging people to use Tesla's expanded Robotaxi and Cybercab map to get home after a night out. The union does not claim a formal partnership with Tesla. The message came a day after Tesla switched on a much larger zone in Houston: the old small area in northwest Houston, near Cypress, now stretches southeast through downtown, toward Bellaire and the edge of Pasadena. Houston has been on Tesla's unsupervised Robotaxi list since April.…
- New zone reaches Bellaire and the edge of Pasadena, passing through downtown
- Police union posted October 27; it claims no formal partnership with Tesla
🔎 Why it matters: The Houston Police Officers' Union endorsement links unsupervised Robotaxi use with preventing drink driving, one day after the zone expansion in Houston.
📈 Upside: The active zone now includes downtown Houston, which was not in the service area before, according to the source.
📉 Risk: The extensions to service until 2 AM and 24/7 are not yet active: the source only says 'soon' and 'by year end'.
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