Tesla has reportedly sought to block journalists’ access to Austin's public records concerning the company’s plans to launch robotaxis in the city later this month. The EV maker announced in January that it aimed to launch an unsupervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) service in Austin this June.

Musk has staked Tesla’s future on self-driving vehicles he has promised for a decade but hasn’t delivered, making Austin's robotaxi launch closely watched as a potential milestone. Some analysts and investors attribute the majority of Tesla’s stock market value to hopes for robotaxis and humanoid robots it has yet to deliver.

Tesla has been awfully cagey with its self-driving data this week. Reuters is now reporting that Tesla is trying to stop the city of Austin from handing over public records involving its robotaxi operations in the city,