SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Tesla has told California it would expand operations of a chartered transportation service in the Bay Area, a state regulator said on Friday.
The permit does not allow the company to run vehicles autonomously, the California Public Utilities Commission said.
The update follows a report that Tesla was preparing to roll out robotaxis in the Bay Area with a safety driver as soon as this weekend.
“Tesla is not allowed to test or transport the public (paid or unpaid) in an AV with or without a driver,” the CPUC said in an email to Reuters.
(Reporting by Abhirup Roy in San Francisco and Chris Kirkham in Los Angeles; Editing by Rod Nickel)
