A world’s first just happened in Austin, TX. After being built and finished a Tesla car just drove itself from the factory straight to the new owners home. Tesla says it is the “world’s first autonomous delivery of a car” and provided video evidence to prove their case.
When the car rolled off of the assembly line and out of the Gigafactory here in Austin, it was given the new owner’s home address and navigated itself there, a nearly 30 minute drive down local highways and city streets. When the vehicle arrived it was greeted by a team of Tesla employees and a stunned owner who watched slackjaw as the car parked itself on the street next to the group.
The new owner, Jose, then took to X and replied the time-lapse video of the event (embedded below) saying “Incredible experience! Thank you!
Tesla”
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
This along with Tesla’s Robotaxi announcement and Google’s expanding Waymo vehicles signals the start of the autonomous driving age. Once perfected self-driving vehicles will cause a wave of job displacement, present vehicle owners with new income opportunities, and roil economies based on humans driving vehicles such as convenience store food sales and possibly even truck stops or our beloved Buc-ee’s.
Whatever happens next, this is a historic moment and unlike the last few decades it took place right here in Texas instead of over on the west coast.
