Overview
- Tesla switched on Robotaxi service in Orlando and Tampa on Tuesday, July 21, bringing its public map to seven U.S. metropolitan regions and saying most zones are ‘ramping unsupervised’ except the Bay Area.
- On its Q2 earnings call Tesla reported nearly 2.5 million cumulative paid miles and about 380,000 unsupervised miles and executives repeatedly framed slower scaling as deliberate safety validation.
- Independent fleet trackers and local reporting show the unsupervised fleet is still very small, operating in only a few dozen cars across core markets, which limits availability for riders.
- Regulatory filings and NHTSA data recorded collisions involving Tesla robotaxis in Texas, with reports noting 22 incidents in the past 12 months and investigators often finding Tesla at fault.
- Tesla has started Cybercab production and staged hundreds of units at Giga Texas with an installed annual capacity figure near 125,000, but those vehicles are not yet the backbone of the paid fleet and regulators and city permits will shape future scale.