Transportation: Tesla's Robotaxi Falls Short With Long Waits, Stalled Rides

The carmaker has just 59 vehicles in its fleet and is limited to three Texas cities, nowhere close to Elon Musk's big promises.

12. Juni 2026 um 14:30 Uhr / Von Kara Carlson, Bloomberg

Tesla's Cybercab robotaxi is displayed during the AutoMobility LA 2024 auto show at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, November 21, 2024. Bild: Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images

(Bloomberg) -- When Elon Musk kicked off Tesla Inc.'s quarterly earnings call in July 2025, robotaxis were top of mind. The carmaker had just launched its automated ride-hailing service several weeks earlier in Austin, to glowing early reviews from the hand-picked crop of initial riders.

"We've already expanded our service area in Austin," the chief executive officer said. Tesla was planning to grow further in the city and quickly spread to California, Nevada, Arizona and Florida. "We'll probably have autonomous ride-hailing in about half the population of the US by the end of the year."