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New state registration records published this week show only 42 Tesla $TSLA +0.40% vehicles authorized for autonomous ridehailing in Texas — a count that amounts to less than a tenth of what rival Waymo has deployed there.
A new Texas law that took effect Thursday created the database, Bloomberg reports, compelling companies that test or deploy autonomous vehicles in the state to submit fleet counts and other safety disclosures to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Waymo, the self-driving unit of Google $GOOGL +0.33%, submitted registrations for 577 vehicles — a figure that dwarfs Tesla's by a ratio of more than 13 to one, according to CNBC.
Tesla also sits behind several smaller operators in the state's registry, according to TechCrunch. Avride logged 317 vehicles, Nuro registered 47, and Amazon $AMZN +0.79%'s Zoox filed for 35.
The data marks the first official public accounting of Tesla's Texas fleet size. Under the prior regulatory framework, according to CNBC, the state exercised minimal oversight of autonomous vehicle operators, with requirements limited to basic insurance coverage, onboard cameras, and the ability to obey traffic laws.
