Tesla’s permit is currently under consideration. Tesla has a plan to launch a next-gen taxi service — and it's nothing like what you're used to first appeared on The Cool Down.

Tesla was granted a permit to operate a taxi service in what is seen as a first step toward driverless taxis for the electric vehicle brand.

The taxi service will initially operate with Tesla employee drivers only, use current-model vehicles, and won’t allow for driverless rides.

The limited regulatory approval is an early step toward Elon Musk’s goal of offering a Tesla self-driving taxi service. By Eli Tan Reporting from San Francisco California regulators granted ...

Taxi drivers around Germany are reporting growing resistance among customers to accept a trip in a Tesla, the electric car brand owned by Mr Musk. Meanwhile surveys indicate that Tesla sales and ...

nor does it give Tesla permission to run driverless taxis. And Tesla hasn’t applied for permitting for either of those functions. “The only reasonable explanation I can come up with for why ...

Tesla was granted a permit in California allowing it to operate its own fleet of taxis driven by company employees, state officials said, the first in a step toward autonomous Tesla taxis.