After a Three-Month Pause, Tesla Robotaxi Adds a New City: Where You Can Hail a Driverless Car From Today
Tesla is opening Robotaxi in Fort Worth, its fourth Texas city after Austin, Dallas and Houston. What Tesla officially confirmed, what is still unclear and what it means for drivers in Europe.
Tesla's Robotaxi network has a new dot on the map: Fort Worth, Texas. Late on Sunday night, at 11:36 PM Texas time, the service's official account announced that cars can be hailed there from Monday, November 2, at 6 AM local time (2 PM in Romania). Fort Worth becomes the fourth Texas city with Robotaxi, after Austin, Dallas and Houston.
What Tesla confirmed
The official announcement is very brief: one line about the start and a map of the covered area. According to "TeslaNorth", the map shows a single zone around downtown, reaching toward Saginaw in the north, past White Settlement to the west and toward Benbrook in the southwest.
As in the other cities, rides are booked in the Tesla Robotaxi app. On its official Robotaxi page, Tesla has so far listed Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando and Tampa. With Fort Worth, the list grows to seven cities.
Why Fort Worth matters
It is the first new city in roughly three months, following the Florida wave. That gap had some observers wondering whether expansion had slowed. Fort Worth answers that question, at least in part.
Geography matters too. Fort Worth and Dallas together form one of the largest metro areas in the US. Tesla now runs two separate zones in the same region, about 20 miles apart. Tesla has not said whether they will ever be joined.
What is still unclear
Tesla has not disclosed:
- how many cars will serve Fort Worth at launch;
- whether rides will have a Tesla employee on board as a safety monitor;
- pricing, or whether the free first-ride offer seen by users in Dallas and Houston applies here;
- the exact size of the zone. Fan-calculated figures are circulating on social media, but they are not officially confirmed, so we are not repeating them.
Operating hours for Fort Worth were not specified either. Our article on the extended hours covers what Tesla announced in October for late-night service.
What it means for drivers
If you travel to Texas, you can now try a driverless ride in Fort Worth, not only in Dallas. Check the zone boundary in the app, since a ride cannot leave it.
If you own a Tesla in Europe, nothing changes directly. There is no Robotaxi service here, and the system available to European owners requires an attentive driver. Still, the pace at which Tesla adds US cities is a useful hint about how quickly broader approvals might one day come to Europe.
If you follow the market, every new city says more than any promise: it shows the system moving from demos to daily operation in more and more places. For a wider look at each market, see our Tesla Robotaxi map.
