Tesla has overtaken Waymo in Texas’s automated-vehicle registry. On November 10th, Tesla had 1,302 vehicles listed with the state, compared with Waymo’s 1,297, giving Tesla a five-vehicle lead.
The numbers represent vehicles registered for driverless operations, not cars actively carrying passengers. Tesla expanded Robotaxi service to San Antonio on November 9th, but the registry does not tell us how many vehicles are actually serving riders.
Texas Requires Registration Before Driverless Operations
Texas requires companies to obtain state authorization before operating commercial driverless vehicles. Both figures are confirmed registrations in the state’s official records, which list every vehicle by its VIN on the Tesla Robotaxi and Waymo pages.
The November 10th figures were confirmed by TeslaNorth and independently recorded by Texas AV Tracker. Operators can add or remove vehicles, so these numbers could change without any direct effect on the number of taxis in service.
Tesla’s registrations include 729 Model Ys and 573 Cybercabs. Waymo’s include 874 Jaguar I-PACEs and 423 Zeekr-built vehicles, according to vehicle identification numbers analyzed by EVwire.
Tesla’s Texas Registrations Have Grown From 42 to 1,302
When Texas began publishing the filings in May, Tesla had 42 registered vehicles against Waymo’s 577, as EVXL reported. By July 15th, the totals had reached 175 for Tesla and 642 for Waymo, another EVXL article reported.
On October 31, Tesla had 1,204 registrations compared with Waymo’s 1,259. By November 10th, Tesla had added 98 vehicles and Waymo 38, according to registry snapshots reported by TeslaNorth. Tesla’s Cybercab total remained at 573, meaning Tesla’s latest increase in registrations came solely from Model Ys.
The last 20 of those Model Ys were added just before midnight on November 10th, Texas time, moving Tesla’s registrations from 1,282 to 1,302, according to EVwire. That batch put Tesla ahead of Waymo.
Waymo still operates a substantially larger nationwide driverless fleet. Independent Robotaxi Tracker figures cited by Electrek on November 9th put Waymo above 4,000 driverless vehicles, compared with 666 for Tesla.
EVXL’s Take
Tesla’s growth from 42 to 1,302 registrations in less than six months shows how quickly Tesla is preparing to expand in Texas. But passing Waymo on a state list does not mean passing it in actual rides. Still, that doesn’t mean this is meaningless, as this is the first time Tesla has been ahead of Waymo on the Texas registry. Tesla’s next milestone should be showing how many registered vehicles are in service driving passengers, something the registry cannot establish.
Sources: Texas DMV, TeslaNorth, Texas AV Tracker, EVwire, Electrek.
EVXL uses automated tools to support research and source retrieval. All reporting is by Damien Kesteloo, edited by Haye Kesteloo.
