Tesla Robotaxi’s ‘convenience issues’ are hiding the real safety bottleneck

A new Reuters investigation documents long wait times, surface-street-only routing, and near-zero vehicle availability across Tesla’s three-city “Robotaxi” service. These all look like convenience problems — but they’re really symptoms of a safety system that can’t scale. Elon Musk himself told investors at the Q1 2026 earnings call that safety validation is the limiting factor.