--- title: "We Are Having a Very Hard Time Believing the “Shape” of Tesla’s New Robotaxi Geofence Is a Coincidence" description: "Tesla has expanded the area where its Robotaxis can operate in Austin, and it appears to be shaped like something provocative. " date: "2025-07-15" modified: "2025-07-15" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/tesla-robotaxi-geofence-shape" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "elon musk" - "robotaxi" - "tesla" - "waymo" --- # We Are Having a Very Hard Time Believing the “Shape” of Tesla’s New Robotaxi Geofence Is a Coincidence ![Tesla has expanded the area where its Robotaxis can operate in Austin, and it appears to be shaped like something provocative. ]() *\Image: Allison Robbert / AFP / Getty / Futurism\* Tesla has expanded the area where its Robotaxis can operate in Austin, and it's difficult — nay, impossible — to ignore its resemblance to something unmistakably vulgar. As folks immediately [pointed out online](), the crudely-shaped geofence is, essentially, a bathroom graffiti-level dick drawing — and given his puerile sense of humor, there's a non-zero chance that Tesla CEO Elon Musk made it that way on purpose. https://www.twitter.com/robotaxi/status/1944717529538015677 Indeed, after someone posted a video showing the phallic geofence on X, the shitposting billionaire quote-tweeted it with the words "[bigger, longer, and uncut]()." It certainly wouldn't be the first time the world's richest man has tweeted out a dick joke to his 222 million followers. So prolific is Musk's anatomical preoccupation, in fact, that *[The Atlantic ]()*[published an article]() earlier this year about how he could not stop posting about penises when he first was working for president Donald Trump's administration. After learning, for instance, that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) pays for circumcisions in developing countries — which is part of its efforts to [stem the spread of HIV]() — the [multi-hyphenate business owner briefly changed]() his X display name to "Harry Bōlz" and his bio to "Circumcisions at a discount, now 50% off!" while he worked to gut the foreign aid agency. By comparison, the Robotaxi geofence is far more innocuous. As [others on X pointed out](), however, that phallic outline now completely envelopes the service area for Google's Waymo driverless cab service, making the region a bona fide petri dish for [glitchy]() [self-driving tech](). Responding to the overlapping maps, others on the Musk-owned app couldn't resist making childish jokes. "Tesla is clearly penetrating the Waymo market!!" [one user tweeted](), complete with laugh emojis. Perhaps defending Waymo, [another poster added]() that the Google-owned driverless cab service may have a new motto after losing literal ground to Tesla: that it's "not the size that counts," but "how you use it." **More on Musk:** [*Users Immediately Find Grok's Anime Waifu Persona Has Hidden "Full Gooner Mode"*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()