Tesla expands robotaxi service to San Antonio
This will be the fourth Texas city in which Tesla will launch robotaxis.
Key points
- Tesla will launch its robotaxi service in San Antonio at 5 a.m. local time on Monday.
- Tesla gave no details on operating hours, vehicle types or whether safety monitors will be on board.
- Waymo also runs robotaxis in San Antonio after restarting service following a five-month pause.
Tesla is bringing its robotaxi service to San Antonio, the company announced in a post on X. The service is set to begin at 5 a.m. local time on Monday, making San Antonio another Texas city in Tesla's expansion as it competes with Waymo.
Tesla did not share further details, including operating hours, whether the fleet will include the two-seater Cybercab alongside modified Model Y vehicles, or whether human safety monitors will ride on board. The article notes that past launches began with few vehicles and a limited service area before expanding.
Growth since Austin launch
Tesla launched its robotaxi service in Austin in June 2025 with human safety operators on board. In January it removed the safety monitors in Austin, starting a fully driverless service, and has since expanded within that city and into Florida and Texas.
Tesla now runs robotaxis in limited areas of Miami and Orlando, as well as Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston. Texas registration data and the Robotaxi Tracker site show more than 400 autonomous vehicles in the Austin fleet, while other city fleets range from a handful to a few dozen, including 24 in Fort Worth and five in Miami.
Tesla didn’t provide any additional details about the service
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Rival Waymo and other operations
Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet, also operates robotaxis in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, using driverless Jaguar I-Pace and Zeekr RT vehicles branded Ojai. It recently restarted service in San Antonio after a five-month pause following incidents in which its vehicles got stuck after entering flooded roadways.
Tesla also runs a ride-hailing service under a transportation charter permit in the San Francisco Bay Area, where a human drives the vehicles. The company lacks the permits needed for a driverless ride-hailing service in California. TechCrunch reported in July that Tesla's robotaxi network drove fewer miles with paying customers in the second quarter than in the first.
