Tesla’s current California operations rely on a standard charter-party carrier permit equivalent to a limousine license, with human safety drivers supervising Level 2 Full Self-Driving technology. State regulators have repeatedly confirmed this does not qualify as an autonomous vehicle service, and Tesla has neither filed for the required DMV driverless testing or deployment permits nor pursued a CPUC autonomous passenger-service authorization. The company has logged zero supervised autonomous test miles with California regulators in recent years, while competitors like Waymo accumulated millions of miles and multiple approvals over a decade before securing paid driverless operations. With only months remaining until the December 31 deadline and no evident acceleration in filings or testing, the regulatory pathway makes a qualifying unsupervised launch highly improbable.