Tesla announced today that its unsupervised “Robotaxi” service now covers the entire Austin metro area, a significant expansion of its geofenced operating zone.
It’s a notable milestone on paper, but the actual fleet serving this massive area remains tiny — just ~20 active unsupervised vehicles, according to the latest data, a number that has actually been shrinking.
The geofence keeps growing, the fleet doesn’t
Tesla’s official Robotaxi account on X posted that “Unsupervised Robotaxi now in the entire Austin Metro area,” confirming the latest expansion. Previously, while Tesla’s “Robotaxi” service was available throughout Austin, when it is running, the unsupervised vehicles could only operate in a small part of South Austin.
The geofence expansion has been the one area where Tesla’s “Robotaxi” program has moved quickly. The service area has grown through several phases over the past year, roughly doubling each time. But expanding territory is the easy part when you have no vehicles to fill it.
