Tesla automobiles working within the Boring Firm’s Vegas Loop are about to get an enormous change, CEO Elon Musk stated.
In Las Vegas, the Boring Firm operates the Vegas Loop, an underground tunnel system that makes use of Teslas to drop individuals off at numerous hotspots on the strip. It’s been lively for a couple of years now and is increasing to different resorts, motels, and locations.
Presently, there are stops at three resorts: Westgate, the Encore, and Resorts World. Nonetheless, there’ll finally be “over 100 stations and span over 68 miles of tunnel,” the Vegas Loop web site says.
The Loop makes use of Tesla Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y automobiles to ship passengers to their desired locations. They’re at the moment pushed utilizing the Full Self-Driving suite, however additionally they have security drivers in every automobile to make sure security.
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Tesla and the Boring Firm have been working to take away drivers from the automobiles used within the Loop, however now, it seems there’s a set timeline to have them out, in response to CEO Elon Musk:
The Tesla automobiles working in The Boring Firm tunnels underneath Las Vegas will likely be driverless in a month or two https://t.co/mX4nNrJui9
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 18, 2025
Musk says the Boring Co. will not depend on security drivers throughout the Teslas for operation. As an alternative, Tesla will look to take away the security drivers from the automobiles throughout the subsequent month or two, an identical timeline for what Musk believes the Robotaxi platform will seem like in Austin.
In Texas, as Robotaxi continues to function because it has since June, there are nonetheless security displays throughout the automotive who sit within the passenger’s seat. They’re there to guarantee a protected expertise for riders.
When the route takes the automobile on the freeway, security displays transfer into the driving force’s seat.
Nonetheless, Tesla desires to have the ability to take away security displays from its automobiles in Austin by the top of the yr, Musk has stated not too long ago.
In early September, Musk stated that the security displays are “simply there for the primary few months to be additional protected.” He then added that there “must be no security driver by finish of yr.”
The security driver is simply there for the primary few months to be additional protected.
Must be no security driver by finish of yr.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 4, 2025