The electric carmaker appears to be both-sides-ing its impending launch, telling regulators it will have human drivers on board while touting the project as ‘robotaxis’ to investors.

The electric carmaker informed California that it will operate a limited public taxi service. But it’s not legally allowed to do this with self-driving cars.

Tesla announced Bay Area robotaxi launch without permits. The 'autonomous' vehicles have human drivers and are only available to employees.