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- Apr 18, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Tesla Launches Driverless Robotaxi Rides in Dallas and Houston
- Tesla's Robotaxi account announced on Saturday 18 April 2026 that the service was 'rolling out in Dallas & Houston', with a video of rides with nobody in the front seats[1][5]
- Tesla's Q1 2026 update confirmed it launched unsupervised Robotaxi rides in both cities in April, its first markets outside Austin and the Bay Area[2]
- Dallas opened with about 30-35 square miles covering the urban core and the Park Cities; Houston with about 12-15 square miles in the northwest, around Jersey Village and Willowbrook[5]
- Introductory North Texas fares were a $3.25 base plus $1.00 a mile[3]
- A crowdsourced tracker logged only one Robotaxi on Dallas roads and two in Houston on the Monday after launch, against 46 active in Austin[1][4]
- Tesla had disclosed 14 crashes involving its Austin robotaxis since launch[1][3]
- The Bay Area service still ran with a safety driver behind the wheel[1][5]
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- [1]90%techcrunch.com/2026/04/18/tesla-brings-its-robotaxi-service-to-dallas-and-houstontechcrunch.com· Posted Sep 28, 2026· Starts Apr 18, 2026 ✓· 32% of score
TechCrunch, 18 April 2026: 'Tesla is expanding its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston, according to a social media post from the company', which said 'Robotaxi is now rolling out in Dallas & Houston'; the post carries no start time for rides, so the pin is all day.
- [2]90%Tesla Q1 2026 Update (Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1)sec.gov· Published Apr 22, 2026· 17% of score
Tesla's own update: 'Launched unsupervised Robotaxi rides in Dallas and Houston in April'; lists Phoenix, Miami, Orlando, Tampa and Las Vegas as 'Preparations Underway'.[1]
- [3]80%Tesla's Robotaxi rides into Houstonhoustonpublicmedia.org· Published Apr 21, 2026· 17% of score
KERA via Houston Public Media: introductory North Texas fares of a $3.25 base plus $1.00 per mile; a federal filing showed 14 collisions in Tesla's Austin pilot; Dallas service limited to Highland Park and central neighbourhoods.
- [4]75%Self-driving Tesla Robotaxi service now rolling on Houston streetshouston.culturemap.com· Published Apr 20, 2026· 17% of score
CultureMap Houston: a tracker showed one Robotaxi on Dallas roads and two in Houston on the Monday after launch; service runs 6 a.m.-2 a.m. daily in Model Ys, and Waymo reached Dallas, Houston and Austin first.
- [5]75%Tesla Launches Unsupervised Robotaxi Service in Dallas and Houstonnotateslaapp.com· Published Apr 18, 2026· Starts Apr 18, 2026· 17% of score
Not a Tesla App (a Tesla enthusiast site) quotes the @robotaxi post of 18 April and maps the zones: about 30-35 sq mi in Dallas (urban core and Park Cities) and 12-15 sq mi in Houston (Jersey Village and Willowbrook); Austin's zone had grown to about 245 sq mi.[1]
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