Tesla spins up robotaxi pilots in Orlando and Tampa ahead of Q2 earnings

特斯拉在第二季度财报发布前于奥兰多和坦帕启动无人驾驶出租车试点

Tesla has brought an unspecified number of its unsupervised Model Y SUVs to Orlando and Tampa, just one day ahead of the company’s scheduled second-quarter earnings call. 在特斯拉预定发布第二季度财报的前一天，该公司已将数量不详的无人监督 Model Y SUV 运抵奥兰多和坦帕。

That marks the third city in Florida where Tesla is trialing its nascent robotaxi service, following a small launch in Miami a few weeks ago. The two new cities appear to have fairly small operational areas, and Tesla did not offer any further details about the launch. 继几周前在迈阿密小规模推出服务后，这是特斯拉在佛罗里达州测试其新兴无人驾驶出租车服务的第三个城市。这两个新城市的运营区域似乎相当有限，特斯拉并未提供有关此次启动的更多细节。

As some fans have noticed, Tesla announced autonomous fleets in Dallas and Houston before its first-quarter earnings release but has yet to scale those operations. The company disbanded its press office years ago. 正如一些粉丝所注意到的，特斯拉在第一季度财报发布前曾宣布在达拉斯和休斯顿部署自动驾驶车队，但至今尚未扩大这些业务的规模。该公司多年前已解散了新闻办公室。

Tesla has taken a far slower approach to standing up a commercial robotaxi service than it has promised investors. CEO Elon Musk, for instance, said repeatedly that Tesla’s robotaxis would serve half the U.S. population by the end of 2025. Musk offered more metered comments earlier this year on Tesla’s first-quarter call. 特斯拉在建立商业化无人驾驶出租车服务方面的进展远比其向投资者承诺的要慢。例如，首席执行官埃隆·马斯克曾多次表示，到 2025 年底，特斯拉的无人驾驶出租车将覆盖美国一半的人口。而在今年早些时候的特斯拉第一季度财报电话会议上，马斯克的言论则显得更为谨慎。

But the company may get a big lift from the Trump administration, as last month the Department of Transportation proposed a rule change that would no longer require brake pedals be built into cars that are designed to be autonomous. If adopted, that could clear the way for Tesla to try and deploy the dozens of two-seater Cybercabs that it has been staging in cities across the country. 但该公司可能会从特朗普政府那里获得巨大的助力，因为美国交通部上个月提议修改规则，不再要求专为自动驾驶设计的汽车必须配备刹车踏板。如果该提议获得通过，将为特斯拉部署其在全国各地城市筹备的数十辆双座 Cybercab 扫清障碍。