Tesla's lack of California driverless permits from the DMV and CPUC drives the 95% market-implied odds against a robotaxi launch by year-end. The company operates only supervised rides with a safety driver in the Bay Area under a basic charter-party carrier permit, while holding no autonomous vehicle testing or deployment approvals and having submitted negligible test miles for regulatory credit. Regulators distinguish clearly between Level 2 Full Self-Driving and true unsupervised operation, and a new state law adds emergency-response requirements that take effect later. Tesla continues expanding unsupervised service in Texas and Florida metros instead, with customer unsupervised FSD now targeted for Q2 2027. An unexpected fast-track approval in the remaining weeks remains possible but faces substantial procedural and data hurdles.