Tesla may advertise its impending Cybercab robotaxi fleet as a self-driving service, but new job listings indicate human workers may still be required to remotely drive the cars. As spotted on Wednesday by Gizmodo,

As Tesla gears up to launch a robotaxi service in the coming years, the automaker looks like it's building out a teleoperations team. According to a

A recently spotted Tesla job listing advertises a role to build out a remote teleoperations team for the firm’s upcoming robotaxi fleet. “Tesla AI’s Teleoperation team is charged with providing remote access to our robotaxis and humanoid robots,

For better or worse, Tesla — under the direction of Elon Musk — is serious about its robotaxi ambitions. And so it's preparing to use the same sneaky trick that its competitors use to make their cars seem fully autonomous: hiring people to remotely ...

Tesla has confirmed through a new job listing that it plans to establish a ‘teleoperation’ team to remote control

Tesla is making strides in the development of its teleoperations system, aiming to enhance its upcoming robotaxi service. The company is actively hiring a software engineer who will play a crucial role in creating a system that allows human operators to remotely access and control both its robotaxis and humanoid robots.

Tesla has never offered end-of-term lease buyouts, having said it would keep the cars and use them as robotaxis. Now it's going back on that.