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Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS)

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Tesla's robotaxi service vehicle, a 2026 Model Y operating with Tesla's Autonomous Driving System (ADS, based on Full Self-Driving) engaged.

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Manufacturer
Tesla
Form factor
av
Maturity
pilot
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
21
Website
tesla.com ↗

The verified answer

As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS), a av by Tesla (pilot): 21 verified deployments on record. 22 sources back the record.

Regulatory status2 NHTSA recalls2 NHTSA investigations

Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) has 2 NHTSA recalls and 2 NHTSA investigations on record; no clearances are recorded in the registry.

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Overview

Tesla's robotaxi service vehicle, a 2026 Model Y operating with Tesla's Autonomous Driving System (ADS, based on Full Self-Driving) engaged. In Austin, some vehicles operate unsupervised (no in-car safety monitor); in the Bay Area, a safety driver is present as required by California law. A teleoperator can remotely assist/pilot a vehicle at speeds under 10 mph for repositioning.

Tesla's purpose-built, steering-wheel-free Cybercab, intended as the dedicated robotaxi vehicle at scale, was expected to begin production around April 2026 (not yet the deployed service vehicle as of early 2026). Maturity: pilot (early commercial service under heavy supervision and scrutiny; not yet at-scale).

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
pilot(Small-scale deployment in controlled or trial conditions.)
Sources on file
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Key facts

Cities (Q2 2026)

Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, Tampa and the SF Bay Area. Cybercab rides only in Austin.

Supervision

Unsupervised in Austin; a safety driver is present in the Bay Area.

Q2 2026 miles (company-reported)

380,000+ unsupervised miles with no notable incidents across six cities in two states.

Remote assist

Teleoperators can drive remotely only below 10 mph.

Austin night hours (Oct 2026)

Service now runs until 11pm. Musk said the main night-time challenge is avoiding pets that are hard to see.

FSD safety data (company-reported)

7.14B miles with FSD engaged and 1,255 major collisions, one per 5.69M miles, versus one per 699K for the US average.

International app listings (Oct 2026)

The app is on the App Store and Google Play in the UK, much of Europe and Singapore from Oct 1 2026. Rides remain US-only.

California SB 1246 (signed Sep 2026)

By July 1 2028, remote drivers must be US-based with US licenses, and AV operators must support first responders on site.

App 26.8.3 decompile features (claimed, Oct 2026)

Tesla_App_iOS decompile of Robotaxi 26.8.3 cites smoother Cybercab/Model Y picker, multi-stop rides, stricter walking pickup limit, mid-ride car prompts, and payment check before dispatch.

Specs

Autonomy level

unsupervised in Austin, safety driver present in Bay Area

Data & sources

Press releases

1

News coverage

2

Web sources

19

22 sources backing this record.View all →

Availability and pricing

Availability
Not disclosed
Price
Not publicly disclosed
Units in field
1000 verified
Sales model
Not for sale
Lead time
Not disclosed

Autonomy: verified vs claimed

What it actually does
Supervised (human oversight)
What the maker claims
“We're bringing autonomous rides to you today—starting with Model Y. Autonomous Robotaxi rides are currently being offered in Miami, Florida, and Austin, Texas”
Flagship demo
live site footage · independently corroborated: partial

Accountability: Tesla has a Claim Integrity of 0% (0 of 4 public claims verified). See the industry ledger.

Claims ledger

Public, dated claims by Tesla, each tracked against the evidence. Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources: verified means an independent source confirms it; contradicted means one refutes it; open means the outcome is not yet determinable. Every entry keeps its verbatim quote and source so you can check the call yourself.

  • OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-22
    “Tesla released new FSD (Supervised) safety data: 7.14B miles driven with FSD engaged, 1,255 major collisions = 1 per 5,690,675 miles. Manual driving with active safety: 1 per 2,076,014 miles. Manual without active safety: 1 per 859,465 miles. US average: 1 per 698,781 miles. Tesla vehicles with FSD engaged experienced ~7x fewer major collisions than those driven without active safety features. North America data, all road classes, rolling 12-month aggregation.”
    claim sourcestatus evidencecite this claim
  • OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-22
    “Tesla has driven more than 380,000 miles of unsupervised robotaxi, now across six cities in two different states. Zero notable incidents over 380,000 miles.”
    claim sourcestatus evidencecite this claim
  • OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-22
    “FSD attach rates continue to improve, reaching nearly 1.5 million paid customers globally, of which 55% is upfront purchases and the remaining 45% is subscriptions.”
    claim sourcestatus evidencecite this claim
  • OpenTimeline · claimed 2026-07-22
    “Musk: It will make sense to upgrade all cars that have less than Hardware 4 to the next generation of AI board. We have an upgraded AI4 chip that reaches production around the middle of next year.”
    claim sourcestatus evidencecite this claim
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Disagree with a status? Tesla can submit a correction with evidence and we log the response on the record. Methodology and the full industry ledger live at /stats/claim-integrity.

Reading the cabin-camera claim above in plain English: what a Cybercab records while you ride.

Pricing

No verified price is on record for Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS). Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

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Deployments (21)

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Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) on the deployment map

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Recent activity

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Supply chain (1)

Compute / semiconductor

  • TSMCFSD HW4 computer (N7/N5 node) -- Full Self-Driving chip powering Tesla's ADS stackmanufactures-for

Suppliers appear here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.

Components (1)

Components carry componentClass + safetyCritical flag. ModelComponent rows carry safety_role (primary_safety / backup_safety / monitoring / non_safety) + optional supplier identity.

Regulatory filings (4)

  • PE25-012nhtsa investigation · us_nhtsaactive2025-10-07

    Applicant: Tesla

  • PE24-031nhtsa investigation · us_nhtsaactive2024-10-17

    Applicant: Tesla

  • 23V-838nhtsa recall · us_nhtsarecalled2023-12-12

    Applicant: Tesla

  • 23V-085nhtsa recall · us_nhtsarecalled2023-02-15

    Applicant: Tesla

Safety record

8 recalls and 72 incidents on record (4 catastrophic, 5 critical, 23 serious, 14 moderate, 34 minor). Most recent: Jul 2026.

catastrophic
4
critical
5
serious
23
moderate
14
minor
34
collision
38
regulatory action
19
recall
8
fatality
6
injury
4
other
2
property damage
2
traffic disruption
1

Most recent: Jul 2026

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Incidents affecting Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) (80)

Includes incidents linked directly to this model or to deployments of it. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (22)

  1. https://electrek.co/2026/05/26/tesla-robotaxi-fleet-shrinking-not-growing/
  2. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-28/tesla-reveals-its-texas-robotaxi-fleet-is-dwarfed-by-waymo-s
  3. https://www.tesla.com/we-robot
  4. https://x.com/Tesla_App_iOS/status/2103112875971621058 · 2026-09-24
  5. https://x.com/Tesla_App_iOS/status/2103110415714504915 · 2026-09-24
  6. https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2106239692866019479 · 2026-10-03
  7. https://x.com/robotaxi/status/2106230772051157467 · 2026-10-03
  8. https://electrek.co/2026/10/03/tesla-robotaxi-pets-night-musk-lidar/ · 2026-10-03
  9. https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/2106771987079323742 · 2026-10-04
  10. https://x.com/wholemars/status/2106793218667069940 · 2026-10-04
  11. https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/tesla-robotaxi/id6744257048
  12. https://apps.apple.com/de/app/tesla-robotaxi/id6744257048

Mentioned on (6)

Registry pages whose text names Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS).

Common questions

What is Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS)?
Tesla's robotaxi service vehicle, a 2026 Model Y operating with Tesla's Autonomous Driving System (ADS, based on Full Self-Driving) engaged. In Austin, some vehicles operate unsupervised (no in-car safety monitor); in the Bay Area, a safety driver is present as required by California law. A teleoperator can remotely assist/pilot a vehicle at speeds under 10 mph for repositioning. Tesla's purpose-built, steering-wheel-free Cybercab, intended as the dedicated robotaxi vehicle at scale, was expected to begin production around April 2026 (not yet the deployed service vehicle as of early 2026). Maturity: pilot (early commercial service under heavy supervision and scrutiny; not yet at-scale).
How much does Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) cost?
Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS)'s price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) from Tesla. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) actually deployed in the real world?
Yes. Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
Who makes Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS)?
Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) is made by Tesla, based in Austin, Texas, USA, founded in 2003.
Where is Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) deployed?
21 verified deployments of Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) are on the DEPLOY registry, including at San Francisco, California, USA, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Can you buy Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS)?
Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) is in pilot deployments with named customers and is not yet broadly for sale.
Is Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) approved by regulators?
Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) has 4 regulatory records on the DEPLOY registry: NHTSA investigation (PE25-012), active; NHTSA investigation (PE24-031), active; NHTSA recall (23V-838), recalled and 1 more. See the Regulatory filings section for each agency source.
What AI powers Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS)?
Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) runs Tesla FSD-Bot. Each brain assignment is verified at the registry level via primary sources.
What are alternatives to Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS)?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable av robots to Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) include Waymo Driver (6th gen), Zoox Robotaxi, May Mobility Autonomous Sienna, Ojai.
How does Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) compare to Waymo Driver (6th gen)?
Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) and Waymo Driver (6th gen) (Waymo · 52 deployments) are both av robots on the DEPLOY registry. Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) has 21 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
Is Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) a top av?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) ranks in roughly the top 4% of av models tracked by the registry.
What is Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS)'s maturity stage?
Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.
Is Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) safe?
Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) has 80 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 8 recalls and 72 incidents on record (4 catastrophic, 5 critical, 23 serious, 14 moderate, 34 minor). Most recent: Jul 2026. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.
When did Tesla launch the Robotaxi service?
Tesla launched the Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas on January 22, 2026. The service uses Model Y vehicles with FSD software in supervised mode (safety driver present). The Cybercab, a purpose-built robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals, will sell for less than $30,000 and is in production since February 2026.
FT: Tesla launches robotaxi in Austin YouTube: First Tesla Robotaxi ride Austin
Methodology: Verified · 22 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: av

Sources by quality tier

19
unclassified
Unclassified source
1
secondary-established-publication
Established publication
1
primary-company-ir
Company IR disclosure
1
secondary-industry-publication
Industry publication

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS).

Recent coverage

Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) in third-party press

Tesla Robotaxi App Now Available in Many More Countries

Oct 5, 2026

Elon Musk says Tesla Robotaxi still struggles to see pets at night

Oct 4, 2026

Musk explains why Tesla Robotaxi is not running at night, and lidar is the answer

Oct 3, 2026

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Chip integration for Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) sourced from public claims. See every AI chip on record for the full catalog.