After years of hype, Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) robotaxis are finally here. Though you might call it a soft opening, the electric vehicle (EV) maker's much-vaunted autonomous vehicle (AV) network began taking paying rides on Sunday in Austin,

In all, Austin's AV incident dashboard has documented 120 incidents since 2023, and most of them are safety concerns. Other reported incidents about self-driving operations such as Waymo and Zoox include blocking traffic, near misses, nuisance and collisions. But there may be even more incidents with AVs that don't appear on the dashboard.

The vehicles will have safety monitors and may not operate in bad weather, making them more restricted than the fully autonomous vehicles promised by Elon Musk.