Tesla's driverless 'Robotaxi' fleet has grown to 25 vehicles in three Texas cities, according to new data from Robotaxi Tracker. While that number is far below CEO Elon Musk's predictions, it's the first real sign of growth nearly a year after the program launched.
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Data shows that Tesla has been adding driverless vehicles to Austin, Dallas and Houston in recent weeks — a notable change after months of stagnation that saw the fleet remain essentially unchanged.
The broader data from the convoy paints a bleak picture for Tesla’s Robotaxi program. Looking at the total active vehicles across all locations since its launch in Austin last June, the convoy has shown almost no growth. Tesla currently has 165 total active vehicles (which have appeared in the last 30 days), with the Bay Area accounting for 107 of those — vehicles operating in supervised Full Self-Driving mode, not the unsupervised Robotaxi service that Tesla is trying to develop as a business.
The unmanned motorcade — the one that really matters to Tesla's robotaxi ambitions — is just one of 25 total confirmed vehicles. Austin accounts for 19, Dallas has 3, and Houston has 3.
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But if we focus on the chart for unattended vehicles alone, there’s finally some movement. After nearly a year of near zero, the total number of unattended vehicles has started to increase — largely due to the addition of vehicles in Austin over the past two months, with Dallas and Houston joining the program on April 18.
Robotaxi Tracker, which aggregates data from vehicle appearances and routes, shows that the unattended taxi fleet grew from single digits in January to 25 by the end of April. It’s not an exponential increase, but it breaks the pattern of near-total stagnation.
To put Tesla’s 25 driverless vehicles into context: Waymo now operates about 3,000 robotaxi in 10 U.S. cities, completing more than 500,000 paid trips per week. The company raised $16 billion in February to fund international expansion in London and Tokyo and is actively developing its new Ojai robotaxi platform.
Tesla’s 25 vehicles also operate in small geographically confined areas in Texas cities that have minimal regulations for autonomous vehicles. These vehicles have been operating less than 30% of the time — far from the kind of usage required for a viable ride-hailing business.
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Meanwhile, Tesla has already delayed its expansion schedule for five additional cities that were supposed to launch in the first half of 2026. Only Dallas and Houston have been added, and each launched with just one vehicle — now 3.
