Tesla announced that it will start rolling out an entirely autonomous shipment of Model Y cars right off the production line to the customer houses; the service will start on Saturday of this year, June 28. The date is a historic event not only in the case of Tesla but also by covering the entire auto industry, coincidentally, this is also the birthday of Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
This launch will first be restricted to the state of Texas, and it will be the first time that a vehicle will be given to consumers without a human driver seated behind the wheel. The Model Ys will drive out of the Austin Gigafactory on their own under full self-driving (FSD) mode, travel over city streets, and come to the customer location automatically.
A Major Leap Toward Full Autonomy
Tesla’s move to deploy full-scale autonomous vehicle delivery signifies the end of many years of work that the company had put into its Full Self-Driving software. Despite some years of beta testing with select drivers, it is the first-ever announcement that Tesla is publicly planning to utilize FSD in its logistics use case without human supervision.
Tesla has suggested that every car that will be used in the delivery process will have the newest version of the in-development FSD V12.4.1 model that can work out intricate intersections, highways, and regions. The company assured that such deliveries are restricted to the predesignated geofenced routes within the State of Texas, abiding by the regulation.
Why Texas?
The state of Texas, where the Tesla Gigafactory is located and where the company has been making its legal headquarters, has been at the forefront of autonomous vehicles legislation. Unlike California, Texas has shown greater friendliness to innovation by reducing some of the regulatory barriers put in place so far that have contributed to a slow deployment of FSD programs.
Tesla will begin delivering Fully Autonomous Model Ys directly from the factory to customer’s homes starting this Saturday, June 28th in Texas.
The 28th also happens to be Elon’s B-Day. pic.twitter.com/PZUL1kj61o
— Nic Cruz Patane (@niccruzpatane) June 24, 2025
In its current version, the state authorizes the use of autonomous vehicles on its roads without a safety driver in the car, but following safety and insurance checks.
According to Sarah McConnell, an automotive analyst at EV Trends, Elon Musk has never dreamed of a world without cars that drive themselves. That is why the launch is an ambitious step toward his idea. Tesla is taking advantage of its new legal location in Texas to have the state as an experimental ground for what may be a worldwide change in the way we buy and acquire cars.
Birthday Timing: No Coincidence
On 28th June, Elon Musk will be 54 years old, and as his company has done before, will focus on upcoming key achievements around personal dates. Several people in the industry find this launch strategic and even symbolic as far as timing is concerned.
As McConnell said, “It is classic Elon to launch out autonomous deliveries on his birthday.” It is a personal moment on an especially big corporate milestone and keeps Tesla in the public eye.
Conclusion
Other automakers and tech companies will feel the heat and are likely to pressure them to speed up their autonomous vehicle schedules due to this development. Although numerous companies such as Waymo and Cruise have introduced limited pilots of ride-hailing services, the factory-to-customer delivery system developed by Tesla indicates new precedents in the use of autonomy in logistics.
The outcome of this roll-out may open up the prospects of autonomous ride-sharing, long-haul trucking, and an entirely new automotive economic system, one in which not only do the cars drive themselves, but may even deliver themselves.
