Tesla’s robotaxi service, touted by Elon Musk as the future of his flagging electric-car maker, is expected to launch in the company’s home city of Austin on Sunday with only about 10 cars and a human safety driver on board amid regulatory scrutiny on the safety of its self-driving technology.

Elon Musk's vision of Tesla's future is set for a public test on Sunday, when a dozen or so self-driving cars in Austin, Texas start a limited, paid robotaxi service. Though Tesla is dispensing with a webcast product launch event helmed by Musk,

Tesla faces an existential test this month as it aims to launch self-driving “robotaxis” in its home base of Austin, Texas, where public-safety officials are increasingly concerned about the state’s anti-regulation stance toward autonomous vehicles.