Robotaxi service
Tesla Robotaxi: Price, Cities & How to Ride (2026)
By Tesla
Tesla Robotaxi is a supervised pilot, not an open citywide service. Per DEPLOY's registry it has active deployments in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and the San Francisco Bay Area, but access is limited (it has been invite-based) and rides are overseen, not the driverless service Tesla describes as the goal.
Price
~$3.00 base + $1.40 per mile (Austin pilot)
Austin pilot pricing is roughly $3.00 base plus $1.40 per mile, so a five-mile ride is about $8.25. It launched at a flat promotional fare in June 2025 and has been raised twice since. This is verified Austin pilot pricing; Tesla has not published separate per-market rates, broader consumer-rollout pricing, or a subscription or financing structure.
Where you can ride
Limited availability (pilot) · Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco Bay Area
Active in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and the San Francisco Bay Area per DEPLOY's registry. Tesla has named Phoenix, Miami, and Las Vegas as further targets for later in 2026. Access in each market is limited, not open citywide.
By city
Status
Rides are real and paid, but this is a supervised pilot, not the open driverless service Tesla has described as the goal. DEPLOY tracks each Tesla Robotaxi deployment in the registry; the records linked below are the source of truth for where it operates.
How do you ride a Tesla Robotaxi?
Access is limited to Tesla's pilot markets and has been invite-based; there is no open citywide signup. If you are outside the active markets, you cannot ride a Tesla Robotaxi today regardless of pricing.
Tesla Robotaxi vs Waymo: which can you actually ride?
Waymo runs a verified commercial robotaxi service open to the public in more than ten US cities. Tesla Robotaxi is a supervised, limited-access pilot. If your question is which driverless ride is broadly available today, Waymo is the open option; Tesla is early-pilot.
What Tesla has not stated
Tesla has not published per-market ride pricing beyond Austin, a subscription or financing structure, or firm open-access dates for its pilot markets. Where Tesla has stated intent rather than terms, DEPLOY records the intent as a claim, not a price. Cybercab (production began around April 2026, projected under $30,000) is a vehicle price, not a ride fare.
Frequently asked questions
- How much is a Tesla Robotaxi ride?
- In the Austin pilot, about $3.00 base plus $1.40 per mile, so a five-mile ride is roughly $8.25. It launched at a flat promotional fare in 2025 and has been raised twice. Tesla has not published separate per-market rates.
- What cities is Tesla Robotaxi in?
- Per DEPLOY's registry, it has active deployments in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and the San Francisco Bay Area, with Phoenix, Miami, and Las Vegas named as later-2026 targets. Access in each market is limited, not open citywide.
- Is Tesla Robotaxi available to the public?
- Not openly. It is a supervised pilot with limited, invite-based access, not an open citywide service like Waymo.
- Is Tesla Robotaxi the same as Cybercab?
- No. The pilot uses supervised Model Y vehicles. Cybercab is Tesla's dedicated two-seat robotaxi; production began around April 2026 at a projected under-$30,000 vehicle price, which is a purchase price, not a ride fare.
How DEPLOY verifies this
Service area is sourced from DEPLOY's registry of reviewed, active per-city deployments; per-ride pricing is tagged verified or claimed against primary sources. Pilot pricing is reported as pilot pricing, not as a consumer-wide rate.
Related reading
Compare
Last updated 2026-06-01.
Canonical: https://deploy.report/service/tesla-robotaxi