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The Tesla Y Model drove itself from the company’s Texas factory to the customer’s home within 30 minutes by navigating highways, intersections, traffic signals
The Model Y parked itself under the owner’s building at the end of the journey. (X)
Electric Vehicle (EV) giant Tesla has accomplished its first fully autonomous and driverless car delivery, with a Model Y driving itself to the customer’s home.
The Tesla Y Model drove itself from the company’s Texas factory to the customer’s home within 30 minutes by navigating highways, intersections, traffic signals, and city streets entirely on its own.
The trip, which took place a day ahead of schedule, was announced by Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a post on X.
“The first fully autonomous delivery of a Tesla Model Y from factory to a customer home across town, including highways, was just completed a day ahead of schedule. There were no people in the car at all and no remote operators in control at any point. FULLY autonomous,” Musk said.
The first fully autonomous delivery of a Tesla Model Y from factory to a customer home across town, including highways, was just completed a day ahead of schedule!!Congratulations to the @Tesla_AI teams, both software & AI chip design!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 27, 2025
The mega accomplishment was shared online, with Tesla first releasing a three-minute time lapse teaser, followed by a full 30-minute video on June 28.
Captured from the back seat, the video, shared by Tesla, showcased Model Y operating entirely on its own, departing from the Gigafactory’s parking area. It autonomously and adeptly navigated roads, executed turns, observed stop signs, yielded at red lights, and managed real-time traffic situations without any human input.
World’s first autonomous delivery of a car!This Tesla drove itself from Gigafactory Texas to its new owner’s home ~30min away — crossing parking lots, highways & the city to reach its new owner pic.twitter.com/WFSIaEU6Oq
— Tesla (@Tesla) June 28, 2025
The Model Y parked itself under the owner’s building at the end of the journey.
Musk reposted the video on X, with a one-word caption: “Kapow.”
Tesla’s head of AI and Autopilot, Ashok Elluswamy, said the vehicle reached a top speed of 72 miles per hour during the 30-minute journey, Bloomberg reported.
Tesla also debuted its robotaxi service in Austin this week. A small group of influencers and investors got rides in self-driving Model Y cars. Musk had hinted at both the robotaxi launch and the self-driving delivery earlier this month on X. He says Tesla plans to have millions of robotaxis on the road in the future.
Tesla first showed off this kind of hands-free driving in April, when it posted a video of cars moving from its Texas factory floor to parking lots on their own.
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben…Read More
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben… Read More
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