Tesla is launching its unsupervised Robotaxi service in Dallas this weekend, bringing driverless rides to some of North Texas’ busiest neighborhoods for the first time.
The company announced the expansion Saturday on X, posting video of its Model Y SUVs navigating city streets with no one in the driver’s seat or front passenger area.
The initial service area covers Highland Park, the Park Cities, Uptown and parts of downtown — roughly 30 to 35 square miles bounded by the Dallas North Tollway to the west and U.S. 75 to the east. Riders can now summon a Tesla Robotaxi through the Tesla app in the geofenced zone, joining the company’s existing operations in Austin and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Robotaxi now rolling out in Dallas & Houston 🤠 pic.twitter.com/G3KFQwqGxB
— Tesla Robotaxi (@robotaxi) April 18, 2026
This marks Tesla’s first major push into additional Texas markets since it began offering unsupervised rides in Austin last year. The Dallas launch puts the company in direct competition with Waymo, which started service in the area late last year, and Uber’s Avride robotaxis, which also entered the Dallas market in late 2025. Tesla is using its existing fleet of Model Y vehicles equipped with its Full Self-Driving technology, rather than waiting for the purpose-built Cybercab expected later in 2026.
The rollout comes as autonomous ride-hailing gains traction in Texas, with regulators in both Dallas and Houston allowing commercial operations under state and local oversight. City officials have not commented on the new service, but the addition of another player could increase options for riders while adding more autonomous vehicles to already busy urban corridors.
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The company announced the expansion Saturday on X, posting video of its Model Y SUVs navigating city streets with no one in the driver’s seat
The company announced the expansion Saturday on X, posting video of its Model Y SUVs navigating city streets with no one in the driver’s seat
