Tesla Launches Robotaxi in San Antonio, Its 9th and Largest Region Yet

Tesla’s Robotaxi network is now in San Antonio. Tesla’s official Robotaxi account announced the expansion on X just after midnight, with unsupervised rides launched this morning, November 9, at 5 a.m. CT.

It’s the second new Robotaxi city in as many weeks, after unsupervised rides launched in Fort Worth on November 2.

Tesla’s Biggest Robotaxi Launch Yet

San Antonio’s service area covers roughly 274 square miles, making it Tesla’s largest Robotaxi service area at launch. It’s also slightly bigger than Austin’s 272 square miles, which has been growing since rides started there in June 2025.

Here’s how Tesla’s unsupervised Robotaxi markets compare by advertised size:

• San Antonio: Approx. 274 sq. miles

• Austin: 272 sq. miles

• Houston: 254 sq. miles

• Fort Worth: 143 sq. miles

• Dallas: 81 sq. miles

• Miami: 31 sq. miles

• Orlando: 26 sq. miles

• Tampa: 24 sq. miles

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The service area covers all of Downtown San Antonio and nearly everything inside Loop 410, then extends well past it in most directions. To the north, it reaches Loop 1604 between I-10 and US-281, with a small extension up I-10 beyond 1604. It also stretches west past State Highway 151, east beyond I-35, and south below I-410 toward I-37.

With San Antonio added, Tesla now offers unsupervised rides in eight cities, with service areas covering about 4.2 million people combined. For the full breakdown of every market, including the supervised Bay Area zone, check out our guide to Tesla’s Robotaxi service areas.

Advertised sizes don’t tell the whole story, though. A recent analysis found that Tesla’s real pickup and drop-off zones in Texas are 22–41% smaller than advertised, though they still cover most residents. The Tesla enthusiast behind those maps may test San Antonio next, and if they do, we’ll cover the results.

Right on Schedule

Fort Worth came as a surprise, since it wasn’t on any of the lists Tesla had shared of upcoming Robotaxi cities. San Antonio was. During its Q3 earnings call last month, Tesla named Las Vegas, Phoenix, Jacksonville, and San Antonio as its next Robotaxi markets. After Fort Worth, we wondered if more launches were coming soon, and San Antonio arrived just a week later.

Tesla has also been improving the service in existing markets. It recently extended Robotaxi hours in Austin and added Calm Mode, which hides distracting visuals on the touchscreen for a more relaxing ride.

Cybercab Comes Next

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San Antonio launches with Model Y robotaxis, but Tesla’s Cybercab is expanding too. Tesla already has more than 300 Cybercabs running in Austin, and Cybercab rides are set to launch in Dallas this month, its first market outside Austin.

With two new cities in two weeks and Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Jacksonville still on the list, another Robotaxi launch next week wouldn’t be a surprise.