SAN ANTONIO — Tesla said in a post on X that its robotaxis would be available in San Antonio starting at 5 a.m. local time on Monday, Nov. 9, TechCrunch reported, as the company seeks to compete with Waymo.
Related: Waymo-Uber Split Set for January 2028 as Weekly Rides Hit 500,000.
What Tesla did not say
Tesla gave no details on hours of operation, whether the fleet includes its two-seat Cybercab as well as modified Model Y vehicles, or whether human safety monitors will be on board, TechCrunch said. The outlet said previous launches began with a limited number of vehicles in a confined area.
Where Tesla operates
Tesla launched its robotaxi service in Austin in June 2025 and removed safety monitors there in January, according to TechCrunch. It now runs in limited areas of Miami, Orlando, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston. It has more than 400 autonomous vehicles registered in Austin, but its fleets elsewhere range from a handful to a few dozen, according to Texas registration data and the Robotaxi Tracker website.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, Tesla’s ride-hailing vehicles have a human behind the wheel because it lacks the permits for driverless service in California.
The competition
Waymo, an Alphabet subsidiary, operates in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. It recently restarted San Antonio service after a five-month pause following incidents in which its vehicles got stuck in flooded roads, TechCrunch reported. Tesla data released this summer showed its network drove fewer paid miles in the second quarter than in the first.
What happens next
The size of the San Antonio fleet and whether safety monitors ride along will show how far this launch goes. More is on our Artificial Intelligence page.
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