
Tesla launches its robotaxi service in San Antonio, its eighth city
Tesla's Robotaxi is live in San Antonio with a 274 square mile launch map. The big question is how much of that map riders can actually book.
Techlantis · Company
Tesla news: Full Self-Driving, the robotaxi service and the Optimus humanoid robot, in short stories with sources linked.
Tesla builds electric vehicles and energy storage, and is developing self-driving software and a humanoid robot. Its autonomy and robotics work centers on Full Self-Driving (Supervised), a robotaxi service and the Optimus robot, which is still in development.
Sources: Motley Fool: Tesla and Optimus (Sept 2026), Wikipedia: Tesla, Inc. · Checked September 24, 2026

Tesla's Robotaxi is live in San Antonio with a 274 square mile launch map. The big question is how much of that map riders can actually book.

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