Tesla launches Robotaxi service in San Antonio
Tesla has launched its driverless Robotaxi service in San Antonio, its fifth Texas city.
In total, Robotaxi now operates in eight U.S. cities: Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Fort Worth, Orlando, San Antonio and Tampa. Jacksonville, Las Vegas, and Phoenix are currently listed as “coming soon” on Tesla’s website.
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The interesting thing about the San Antonio launch is that the service covers a massive, 273-square-mile area, way larger than competitor Waymo‘s 59 square miles in San Antonio. You can compare the two services over at Robotaxitracker.
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Surprisingly, and somewhat impressively, Tesla CEO Elon Musk managed to subdue his urges on this one, so the Robotaxi coverage area in San Antonio isn’t penis-shaped, as it temporarily was in Austin, or rocket-shaped, as it is in Houston.
The Robotaxi fleet operating in San Antonio currently consists of Tesla Model Y vehicles. According to Electrek, Cybercabs are still limited to Austin, Texas.
Both Tesla and Waymo have been quickly expanding their autonomous taxi services in recent months. Just last week, Tesla Robotaxi launched in Fort Worth, Texas; Waymo recently started testing autonomous rides in Orlando, Florida, as well as South Bay cities in the Los Angeles area.
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