It wasn’t walking away from autonomy," GM Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson said last week. "It was walking away from the robotaxi side of it.”

Democratic lawmakers in Texas are calling for Tesla to delay its robotaxi launch. That’s unlikely to move the dial—but the stock could still slide when the market reopens on Friday.Two state senators and five state representatives signed a letter addressed to Tesla’s director of field quality Eddie Gates.

Texas Democrats urge Tesla to delay the Robotaxi launch until the new autonomous law takes effect in September.