Overview
- Tesla’s Robotaxi account on X, which posted city maps Saturday, announced service in Dallas and Houston and shared a passenger-view video with no safety driver and the follow-up line “All by myself.”
- The initial service zones are small, with Houston covering about 25 square miles and Dallas centered on Highland Park and nearby central neighborhoods, far smaller than Austin’s roughly 245-square-mile area after nearly a year of growth.
- The company did not disclose fleet size, whether rides will be supervised or unsupervised, pricing, or hours of operation, leaving key basics unanswered four days before its April 22 earnings call.
- Safety questions linger from Austin, where Tesla reported 15 Robotaxi crash incidents to NHTSA and has redacted incident narratives, and where most cars still rely on safety monitors and suspend service in rain.
- Waymo already runs fully driverless service in both Texas cities and reports more than 500,000 paid rides per week across U.S. markets, creating a direct benchmark as Tesla works to meet its H1 2026 seven‑city rollout pledge.