Texas DMV records made public under a new state law reveal Tesla has only 42 autonomous vehicles authorized for driverless ridehailing, compared to Waymo's 577 and AV Ride's 317. Tesla self-certified its Austin fleet as Level 4 autonomous despite previously telling regulators its cars are Level 2 driver-assistance systems. Tesla's fleet has logged 17 known incidents since July 2025, and former FSD data labelers have expressed distrust in the system. Waymo, despite its own issues including driving into flooded roads, operates nearly 4,000 vehicles nationwide with over 500,000 paid trips per week. The Texas database provides the first government-verified, objective comparison of fleet sizes, exposing a structural gap between Tesla's robotaxi ambitions and its current operational reality.
