Currently, no one really knows what's going on with Tesla and its plans to launch a robotaxi service in Austin.

Musk has staked Tesla’s future on self-driving vehicles he has promised for a decade but hasn’t delivered, making Austin's robotaxi launch closely watched as a potential milestone. Some analysts and investors attribute the majority of Tesla’s stock market value to hopes for robotaxis and humanoid robots it has yet to deliver.

A Tesla attorney said that the Reuters information request would disclose 'Tesla’s deployment procedure, process, status, and strategy,' and would thereby 'irreparably harm Tesla.'