Tesla missed Wall Street’s expectations for the final three months of 2024 but predicted a 'return to growth in 2025.'

Tesla (TSLA) pledged a return to growth in 2025 on Wednesday after fourth quarter results disappointed, capping off a year that saw revenue rise just 1% while profits fell sharply from a year ago. Shares in the EV maker rose almost 3% in pre-market trading on Thursday.

Our collective eyebrows raised when Elon Musk said self-driving vehicles were coming to Austin this week. Yes, really. Here is senior reporter Sean O’Kane’s article detailing Musk’s claims, which he made during Tesla’s Q4 earnings call.

Tesla Inc. plans to launch a long-promised robotaxi business and get back to growing vehicle sales after a year of decline in both deliveries and earnings.

Tesla’s driver assistance software, known as full self-driving, or FSD, will see unsupervised tests in Texas, California and other states this year.

Tesla is launching its long-awaited robotaxi service in Austin this June, with plans to expand across the US and globally.

A Tesla Model S car equipped with Autopilot is test-driven in ... “full self-driving” technology to its customers as a paid service starting in Austin in June. “It went from a theoretical, ‘We hope to launch something in 2025,’ to a set timeline ...

Elon Musk said today that Tesla will launch “unsupervised full self-driving in Austin as a paid service” in June.

Musk first mentioned the robotaxi service idea in October, introducing Tesla’s Cybercab prototype—an autonomous vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals. The plan was initially set for a 2025 launch in Texas and California,

Tesla will launch an “unsupervised, no one in the car” robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, in June, Elon Musk said in an earnings call Wednesday. “We just want to put a toe in the water, make sure everything’s okay, put a few more toes in the water, with safety of the general public and those in the car as a top priority,” Musk said.