Most bullish investors and analysts tie the bulk of Tesla's stock value to its plans for a massive robotaxi and autonomous-driving subscription business. Now is the time for "the fundamental inflection" that "we're all hoping for," said Blake Anderson, associate portfolio manager at Carson Group, a Tesla investor.

Tesla peppered its latest earnings call with pledges to launch commercial robotaxi operations soon, with CEO Elon Musk promising that autonomous vehicles will "move the financial needle in a significant way" by late next year.

Investors interested in what Elon Musk says is ahead for Tesla (TSLA), rather than the company’s latest numbers, got some fresh information from the electric vehicle maker’s CEO yesterday. On Tesla’s conference call Tuesday,

Tesla Inc. has expanded its testing of a ride-share app to employees in Austin, as the company pushes toward a June launch of an autonomous version of the service.

Tesla began its ride-hailing tests this week in Austin and the San Francisco Bay Area, the first step toward its initial planned commercial robotaxi launch in June 2025.