Overview
- Tesla said its Robotaxi service now runs in Dallas and Houston with no safety driver in the car.
- Crowdsourced trackers counted about one active vehicle in each city, and Electrek reported very small geofenced zones of roughly 78–90 square kilometers in Dallas and 30–39 in Houston.
- NHTSA data put the fleet at 14 reported crashes over about 1.3 million kilometers, which is roughly one crash per 92,000 kilometers.
- Tesla relies on a camera-only system called Tesla Vision, and coverage notes it can struggle in rain, fog, or harsh glare, unlike rivals that add lidar and radar sensors.
- A Dallas rider described long waits, missed exits, and a tense highway slowdown before staff intervened, pointing to early service kinks as Tesla builds out the program.