Aakash GuptaLead source
Between midnight and 3 AM, more than half of all deadly car crashes in America involve a drunk driver. In the middle of the morning it's about 1 in 9. Until tonight, Tesla's Robotaxi stopped picking people up at 2 AM, which in Texas is exactly when the bars stop serving. Five of its eight cities are in Texas. Now it runs 24/7 in every one of them. That matters more in Texas than almost anywhere else in the country. In 2023, 40% of everyone killed on Texas roads died in a crash involving a drunk driver, and the only state with a higher share was Hawaii. Tesla got here a little at a time. Back in August the cars ran 6 AM to 10 PM. Through October the cutoff kept sliding later, to 11, then midnight, then 1, then 2, and on Sunday they started picking people up at 5 AM. Funny thing is, one of…Read original on X