Basics
What is a robotaxi, and what is driver assistance?
Editorial team: Robotaxi Connect · Sources last reviewed:
The key question is who performs the driving task. Driver assistance still requires an attentive human driver. Autonomous operation can work without a driver within defined conditions.
A product name is not enough
Tesla explicitly describes FSD Supervised as assistance requiring active supervision. It does not replace a taxi driver. Footage of automatic steering therefore does not establish driverless operation. Source: Tesla Support.
What Level 4 means for operations
Germany’s framework permits driverless operation in defined operating areas, rather than every vehicle on every road. Source: BMV. Our assessment: ask about geographic, weather and road limits and how failures are handled.
Your next steps
- Who must supervise each trip?
- Which operating conditions are approved?
- What happens at system limits?
Sources
Original sources as of the review date. Supplier statements are not independent verification; planning suggestions are our assessment.
- Tesla · FSD Supervised · undatiert / undated ↗
- BMV · Automatisiertes und vernetztes Fahren · 27.05.2026 ↗
Editorial history
2026-09-16 · Initial edition prepared; primary sources researched.