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Where Tesla robotaxis run

The electric carmaker runs its own Robotaxi service in cars that drive themselves with its camera-based software, booked in the Tesla Robotaxi app.

Tesla is listed in 9 cities; anyone can ride in 7 of them. Every service below links to its sources. Tesla's own site has the current service areas.

North America
  • Open to the public
  • Waitlist
  • Invited riders
  • Testing
  • Announced
  • Ended

Tesla's cities

Austin, Texas, United States Open to the public

Some rides with no one in the driver’s seat · Book in: Tesla Robotaxi app · Since June 2025

About 272 sq mi covering most of greater Austin, including Pflugerville and Manor (Nov 2026) · Airport: Austin-Bergstrom (AUS) has been in the map since Aug 2025; the app sets the pickup point · Uses freeways

Opened in June 2025 to invited riders with a monitor in the passenger seat; rides with nobody aboard began in Jan 2026 and Cybercabs joined in Sept 2026. Tesla does not say whether any cars still carry a monitor, and trackers disagree.

Sources: Tesla, November 8, 2026; Not a Tesla App, November 5, 2026; Tesla North America Guide (tslna.com), October 14, 2026; Not a Tesla App, August 31, 2026; CNBC, June 23, 2025. Checked November 8, 2026.

Dallas, Texas, United States Open to the public

No one in the driver’s seat · Book in: Tesla Robotaxi app · Since April 2026

Two separate zones: about 81 sq mi in Dallas reaching toward Irving (Aug 2026) and about 143 sq mi centred on downtown Fort Worth (opened 2 Nov 2026)

Dallas opened in April 2026 and Fort Worth on 2 Nov 2026, both with nobody in the front seats; Tesla says Cybercab rides reach Dallas in November 2026.

Sources: Tesla, November 8, 2026; Not a Tesla App, November 2, 2026; The Charge Port, October 25, 2026; Not a Tesla App, August 31, 2026; Not a Tesla App, April 18, 2026. Checked November 8, 2026.

Houston, Texas, United States Open to the public

No one in the driver’s seat · Book in: Tesla Robotaxi app · Since April 2026

About 254 sq mi (Nov 2026), grown from a roughly 12–25 sq mi northwest zone around Jersey Village and Willowbrook

Launched alongside Dallas in April 2026 with unsupervised Model Ys and expanded about tenfold by November 2026.

Sources: Tesla, November 8, 2026; Not a Tesla App, November 5, 2026; The Charge Port, October 25, 2026; Reuters (via Business Recorder), April 19, 2026; Not a Tesla App, April 18, 2026. Checked November 8, 2026.

Miami, Florida, United States Open to the public

No one in the driver’s seat · Book in: Tesla Robotaxi app · Since July 2026

About 31 sq mi (Nov 2026), up from about 20 at launch, bounded roughly by SR 836 and US 41 · Airport: Zone surrounds Miami International (MIA), but terminal pickups were not allowed at launch

Tesla's first market outside Texas and California; anyone with the iOS or Android app could request a ride from launch day.

Sources: Tesla, November 8, 2026; Not a Tesla App, November 5, 2026; The Charge Port, October 25, 2026; The Next Web, August 20, 2026; Not a Tesla App, July 3, 2026. Checked November 8, 2026.

Orlando, Florida, United States Open to the public

No one in the driver’s seat · Book in: Tesla Robotaxi app · Since July 2026

About 26 sq mi (Nov 2026) east and southeast of downtown, including Conway and Lee Vista, ending just north of Orlando International

Opened with Tampa on 21 July 2026 using unsupervised Model Ys booked in the Robotaxi app.

Sources: Tesla, November 8, 2026; Not a Tesla App, November 5, 2026; The Charge Port, October 25, 2026; Not a Tesla App, July 21, 2026. Checked November 8, 2026.

San Francisco, California, United States Open to the public

A safety operator rides along · Book in: Tesla Robotaxi app · Since July 2025

About 1,098 sq mi from San Francisco south to San Jose (Nov 2026) · Airport: San Jose (SJC) since Oct 2025; San Francisco (SFO) added July 2026

Runs as an ordinary charter-car service with a human driver using supervised FSD; California regulators say it is not an autonomous service and Tesla holds no driverless permit there.

Sources: Not a Tesla App, November 5, 2026; Not a Tesla App, July 21, 2026; Electrek, March 25, 2026; Not a Tesla App, November 19, 2025; ABC7 News, July 31, 2025. Checked November 8, 2026.

Tampa, Florida, United States Open to the public

No one in the driver’s seat · Book in: Tesla Robotaxi app · Since July 2026

About 24 sq mi (Nov 2026) covering central neighbourhoods north of downtown such as West Tampa, Tampa Heights and Seminole Heights

Opened with Orlando on 21 July 2026; the launch zone was only 4–5 sq mi and has grown since.

Sources: Tesla, November 8, 2026; Not a Tesla App, November 5, 2026; The Charge Port, October 25, 2026; Not a Tesla App, July 21, 2026. Checked November 8, 2026.

What changed

  1. Austin: Tracker update: Austin zone about 272 sq mi and Houston about 254 sq mi after late-October expansions (Not a Tesla App)

  2. Dallas: Opened an unsupervised zone of about 143 sq mi in Fort Worth (Not a Tesla App)

  3. Austin: Put Cybercabs into the Austin robotaxi fleet (Tesla, Inc. via SEC EDGAR)

  4. Dallas: Reported to have more than doubled the Dallas zone the week before, to about 81 sq mi from 31 (Not a Tesla App)

  5. Las Vegas: Nevada approved up to 5,000 Tesla robotaxis and 1,000 Uber robotaxis (Motional, Zoox) in Clark County (TechCrunch)

  6. Orlando: Launched unsupervised rides in Orlando and Tampa (Not a Tesla App)

  7. Tampa: Launched unsupervised rides in Tampa and Orlando (Not a Tesla App)

  8. San Francisco: Added pickups and drop-offs at SFO (Not a Tesla App)

  9. Miami: Launched unsupervised rides, its first market outside Texas and California (Not a Tesla App)

  10. Austin: Extended unsupervised rides to the whole Austin metro area (Electrek)

  11. Dallas: Started rides in Dallas, with launch videos showing no one in the front seats (Not a Tesla App)

  12. Houston: Started rides in a small northwest zone, with launch videos showing no one in the front seats (Not a Tesla App)

  13. San Francisco: A senior CPUC official said Tesla holds a limo-style charter permit and is not running an autonomous service (Electrek)

  14. Phoenix: Named Phoenix among seven cities for launch in the first half of 2026 (Arizona's Family (azfamily.com) / AP)

  15. Austin: Began some public rides with no safety monitor in the car (CNBC)

  16. Austin: Dropped the Robotaxi app waitlist for iPhone users, opening rides in Austin and the Bay Area to the public (Not a Tesla App)

  17. San Francisco: Added rides to and from San Jose airport (SJC) (Drive Tesla Canada)

  18. San Francisco: Started invite-only ride-hailing with a human driver behind the wheel (ABC7 News)

  19. Austin: Began invite-only robotaxi rides with a safety monitor in the passenger seat (CNBC)

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