Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that the company’s newly established Robotaxi service will expand to having more than 1,500 Robotaxis by the end of 2025.
In an interview on the popular All-in podcast, Musk said the full self-driving (FSD) capable Model Y fleet operating will expand in both Austin, Texas and the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
The Texas fleet will expand to 500 cars, while the Bay Area will exceed 1,000 vehicles. For comparison, as of June 2025, Waymoās fleet across four cities, including Texas and San Francisco, stands at 2,000.
In the same interview, Musk was asked about the progress of the existing Robotaxi fleet and how itās scaling, to which he replied by saying, Itās going āpretty smoothlyā.
Tesla launched the service in June in Austin, Texas, in an initial trial with pricing of each trip costing $US4.20. It expanded into California, specifically the large San Francisco Bay Area, in August.
There are also reports that Tesla is making progress in Arizona, with the stateās Department of Transportation confirming that Teslaās Robotaxi approvals were in the works there.
Tesla has been hiring staff for Robotaxi-related roles in multiple states in the US , including for roles that have a more global focus.
In September, the company had a senior software engineer role focusing on mapping airport experience across the āentire worldā, indicating the company goals to take the technology to multiple markets outside of the US in the next year or so, including for busy airport drop-off and pick-up services.
These expansion developments come just a year after the We Robot event, where the next-generation Robotaxi, the Cybercab, was first unveiled, and attendees were given rides around Warner Bros. studios in California.
At Teslaās last earnings call, the company also announced that its Cybercab Robotaxi will be going into production by June 2026, paving the way for a rapid expansion in the Robotaxi fleet by the end of next year.
RizĀ is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.