Tesla Launches Unsupervised Robotaxi Service in Austin After Years of Delays

Tesla has finally launched unsupervised Robotaxi services in Austin, Texas in late January 2026, operating driverless Model Y vehicles. This comes years after Elon Musk first promised full autonomy starting in 2013. Competitor Waymo operates approximately 3,000 vehicles across multiple cities, providing 450,000 rides weekly. Tesla vehicles operate at Level 2 automation requiring driver supervision while Waymo vehicles are fully autonomous.