Newshot Tesla Robotaxi's registered vehicle count in Texas overtakes Waymo, Cybercab already accounts for nearly half
IT Home, November 12: The number of registered Tesla Robotaxi vehicles has surpassed Waymo for the first time, making it the largest fleet on the autonomous vehicle registration list in the U.S. state of Texas.
According to public registration data from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV), as of November 10, Tesla's Tesla Robotaxi, LLC had a total of 1,302 registered vehicles, slightly ahead of Waymo's 1,297.
Although the margin is small, the overtake is reflected in the official registration records. After a round of expansion on November 10, Tesla's Robotaxi fleet in Texas now includes 729 Model Y vehicles and 573 Cybercabs built specifically for autonomous ride-hailing service.
Waymo's fleet consists mainly of Jaguar I-PACE vehicles, while it is also adding the Ojai minivan based on a Zeekr model.
All of the above data comes from the autonomous vehicle registration list published by TxDMV. Independent trackers have been monitoring the list continuously since a Texas law required autonomous driving operators to disclose their fleet sizes.
The growth rate of Tesla's fleet is particularly noteworthy and reflects the company's expansion in the autonomous ride-hailing business over the past few months.
When the registration list was first made public in late May 2026, Tesla had only 42 registered vehicles, while Waymo already had hundreds of registered vehicles at the time.
Since then, the size of Tesla's fleet approved to operate in Texas has expanded more than 30-fold, with growth coming mainly from a steadily increasing number of Model Y vehicles and the gradual deployment of Cybercabs. Waymo is also expanding its fleet, but at a slower pace than Tesla.
It should be noted, however, that the number of registered vehicles does not equal the size of the fleet actually in operation. The data published by TxDMV reflects the number of vehicles each company is approved to operate, but does not disclose how many of them are actually picking up passengers, nor does it provide information such as specific service cities and order volumes.
Both companies deploy vehicles in different locations, and their fleets may also include vehicles that are still in testing or temporarily out of service.
Therefore, leading in registration numbers reflects more the ability to expand fleets and regulatory operating qualifications, and does not directly indicate that the actual scale of passenger service has surpassed that of competitors.
IT Home notes that Tesla is using its growing approved fleet to expand its Robotaxi service, which requires no safety supervisor, beyond its initial limited operating area in Austin. Its service area has now begun to extend to cities such as San Antonio and Dallas. The company also emphasized that it plans to further expand the deployment of Cybercab in the future, gradually entering more states and regions in the United States.
Waymo, meanwhile, already operates in multiple markets in Texas as well as other parts of the United States.
At present, Tesla leads by only 5 vehicles, and the rankings could change at any time if either side registers a new batch of vehicles. However, based on the currently public official Texas records, Tesla already has the larger approved Robotaxi fleet in the state.
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