Tesla has mapped out a Robotaxi service area in Miami, publishing a geofence that covers only a small slice of the metro — mostly West Miami and a strip stretching toward Doral and Sweetwater.

It’s the latest city Tesla has drawn a box around, but the announcement lands with a thud when you consider what’s happened in Texas over the past year.

A geofence, not a launch

Tesla’s Robotaxi account shared the Miami map, showing a coverage zone bounded roughly by SR-826 (the Palmetto) to the north, US-41 to the south, and a handful of state roads on the edges. It leaves out the vast majority of Miami-Dade — no downtown Miami, no Miami Beach, no airport, and only a corner of Coral Gables.

Miami has been on Tesla’s list for a while. The company named it among five new US cities targeted for the first half of 2026, alongside Phoenix, Orlando, Tampa, and Las Vegas. That timeline has since quietly softened from a firm “1H 2026” to a vaguer “preparations underway.”