--- title: "Tesla has 42 robotaxis in Texas. Waymo has 577. The gap is now public record." url: https://daily.dev/posts/tesla-has-42-robotaxis-in-texas-waymo-has-577-the-gap-is-now-public-record--tulmywsq7 source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/tesla-robotaxi-fleet-42-vehicles-waymo-577-texas type: article source: "The Next Web" published: 2026-05-31T14:44:46.696Z updated: 2026-05-31T14:45:09.974Z tags: ["tesla", "autonomous-cars"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Tesla has 42 robotaxis in Texas. Waymo has 577. The gap is now public record. **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary 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. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Waymo dominates autonomous vehicle registrations as Tesla trails behind](https://daily.dev/posts/waymo-dominates-autonomous-vehicle-registrations-as-tesla-trails-behind-fjrd6lhfe) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Tesla’s Austin robotaxis are now fully driverless, tracking shows](https://daily.dev/posts/tesla-s-austin-robotaxis-are-now-fully-driverless-tracking-shows-j9ew5kzri) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Waymo robotaxis are now operating in 10 US cities](https://daily.dev/posts/waymo-robotaxis-are-now-operating-in-10-us-cities-j0ex0dl5v) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#tesla](https://daily.dev/tags/tesla), [#autonomous-cars](https://daily.dev/tags/autonomous-cars) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/tesla-has-42-robotaxis-in-texas-waymo-has-577-the-gap-is-now-public-record--tulmywsq7)