The development comes as California is mulling over the decision to suspend Tesla operations in the state, due to false claims about its consumer cars' self-driving capabilities.

Tesla is set to launch a limited version of early robotaxis this weekend in San Francisco, reports Business Insider. Unlike the fully driverless service it has teased, this run will include a human as a safety driver,

“Tesla has, through its own decisions, deprived the public, deprived DMV and ultimately deprived itself of the credible data that it would need to make that argument” that its autonomous vehicle system is safe enough to operate driverlessly, Walker Smith said.

Gary Black expressed skepticism about Tesla's robotaxi test in SF. Black says FSD cannot be fully autonomous until safety driver is removed.

Two Hayward residents were killed Saturday afternoon in a head-on crash on State Route 9, south of State Route 35, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 4:47 p.m. when an 18-year-old San Jose woman driving a white 2018 Tesla Model 3 northbound collided with a southbound 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle, the CHP said.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is eyeing San Francisco for his next robotaxi city — to which I say, good luck to you, sir. Musk acknowledged that the company is still waiting on “regulatory approval,” which hints at the uphill company Tesla will face in pushing this process forward. (Get it? Uphill? San Francisco?)