<ul><li>Tesla has been granted a transportation charter permit (TCP) by the California Public Utilities Commission, allowing the company to operate a private transportation service.</li><li>This permit is different from the permits held by Uber and Lyft and only enables Tesla to offer prearranged transportation services using its own vehicles and employees as drivers.</li><li>The permit does not cover autonomous vehicle testing or deployment, and Tesla needs additional permits from the California Department of Motor Vehicles for such operations.</li><li>Tesla plans to initially use the TCP permit for transporting its employees and will notify the CPUC when it transitions to transporting the public.</li></ul>

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