Tesla’s Robotaxi service in Texas has fewer than 50 self-driving cabs one year after launch. Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted rapid scaling, including reaching 1,000 cars within a month, but the fleet count remains much lower. Texas Department of Motor Vehicles registration information shows 42 self-driving cars offering rides in Texas under new rules. A third-party Robotaxi Tracker reports 39 unsupervised vehicles in Texas. Waymo leads with 577 autonomous taxis offering rides in Texas. Tesla initially used safety monitors in Austin, then removed them in January 2026. Unsupervised service began with one vehicle, grew to eight after a month, and later reached roughly 30 in Austin, with the rest split between Dallas and Houston.
"Tesla's Robotaxi service in Texas has fewer than 50 self-driving cabs, one year after its debut. In 2025, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed the service would start slowly, but that it would have 1,000 cars within a month. By comparison, Waymo, the largest robotaxi operator in the U.S., has over 550 vehicles offering rides in Texas. Tesla has 42 self-driving cars offering rides in the state of Texas, according to registration information submitted by the American automaker to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles under new rules that went into effect yesterday."
"This is the first time an official count for Tesla's Texas Robotaxi fleet has been revealed, as reported by Bloomberg. The third-party Robotaxi Tracker shows the Model Y maker currently has 39 unsupervised self-driving vehicles in Texas. The number pales in comparison to its largest competitor, Waymo, which has 577 autonomous taxis offering rides in Texas. It's also a far cry from the predictions Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, made last year before the service's debut."
"We'll start with probably 10 for a week, then increase it to 20, 30, 40, and I think we'll probably be at 1,000 within a few months, Musk said during an interview with CNBC in May. A month later, Tesla's Robotaxi service went live in a small geofenced area in Austin, Texas, with safety monitors in the front passenger seat and chase vehicles. Fast-forward to January 2026, when Tesla ditched the safety monitors for its Austin fleet."
"On January 22, when the first unsupervised rides happened, Tesla had a single vehicle doing all the heavy lifting, according to Robotaxi Tracker. A month later, the fleet had increased to eight vehicles. Now, roughly 30 Tesla robotaxis are operating without a safety monitor in Austin, with the remaining 12 equally distributed between Dallas and Houston, per the third-party tracking service."
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