Only 42 Tesla Robotaxis in Texas vs. 577 from Waymo, Official DMV Data Reveals

For the first time, Texas requires autonomous vehicle operators to report their fleet sizes. Data from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) places Tesla with only 42 registered Robotaxis across the state —Austin, Dallas, and Houston— compared to Waymo's 577 and Zoox's 35.

The Gap with Musk's Promises

In May 2025, Elon Musk told CNBC that the service would start with 10 cars and grow to 20, 30, 40… and would likely reach 1,000 units in a few months. A year after its debut in Austin (June 2025), the official figure is 42, according to the report cited by InsideEVs and Bloomberg.

Operational Breakdown

• Austin: ~25 active vehicles according to tracking dashboards; ~30 operate without a supervisor in the cabin (since January 2026).
• Dallas and Houston: the rest of the state fleet, spread across about 12 units according to Robotaxi Tracker.
• Waymo: ~300 in Austin (launched in March 2025 with Uber) and 577 across Texas.
• Zoox (Amazon): 35 test vehicles in Austin, nearly on par with Tesla despite a much more recent deployment.

Context: Expanded Area, Small Fleet

This figure comes days after Tesla confirmed coverage of the entire Austin metro area in unsupervised mode (June 3). Expanding the geofence is relatively quick; increasing the fleet and reducing wait times is the bottleneck. Media outlets like Yahoo Autos emphasize that Tesla still lags behind Waymo even in its flagship city.

Known Limitations

Tesla operates with Model Y vehicles equipped with FSD; production of the dedicated Cybercab began in April, and Musk has linked massive deployment to FSD v15, planned for late 2026. Reuters has reported that internal employees question the scalability of the current approach due to the need for laborious safeguards.

Teslarios is not affiliated with Tesla, Inc. The figures come from regulatory reports and third-party trackers; Tesla has not released official utilization data.