Elon Musk and Tesla were sued by shareholders who accused them of securities fraud for concealing the significant risk that the company's self-driving vehicles, including the Robotaxi, were dangerous.

A group of investors are pushing back against Musk, claiming the company played fast and loose with autonomous vehicle technology.

The companies said that pending regulatory approval, the initial rollout will be followed by scaling up thousands of robotaxis across "key European platforms through the Lyft platform." Lyft has only recently entered the European market with its acquisition of Freenow,

U.S. ride-hailing company Lyft said on Monday it will partner with China's Baidu to deploy robotaxis across Europe starting next year, marking the Chinese search engine giant's first foray into the European self-driven taxi sector.