Tesla's Robotaxi service arrived in Fort Worth, Texas, on November 2, 2026. From 6 a.m. local time, driverless rides became available across about 143 square miles in and around downtown. Tesla's official Robotaxi account announced the launch on X the previous evening with a single line and a map of the service area. It is the first new city added in about three months.
A downtown-centred zone spreading in every direction
The zone is centred on downtown Fort Worth, reaching north to Saginaw, west to White Settlement, south-west to Benbrook, and east to Haltom City and Forest Hill. Third-party estimates based on the map put the 143 square miles third among Tesla's service areas, behind Austin at 272 square miles and Houston at 254, and ahead of Dallas at 81. Fort Worth is the seventh US city where Tesla offers unsupervised ride-hailing, and the fourth in Texas, after Austin, Dallas and Houston. Riders hail cars through the Tesla Robotaxi app, as in earlier cities.
No safety monitor on board; Model Y first
Tracking reports say Fort Worth rides, like Tesla's other Texas markets, have no human safety monitor in the vehicle, and the launch fleet uses Model Y vehicles. Tesla has not said how many vehicles are operating there, whether the Fort Worth and Dallas zones will eventually connect, or what rides will cost. On its third-quarter earnings call, Tesla said the Cybercab was due to launch in Dallas later this month, but that is a different city and cannot be counted as part of Fort Worth.
For Fort Worth riders, the change is concrete: the Dallas–Fort Worth area now has a second Robotaxi zone, adding a driverless option. For Tesla, the test comes next — whether the zone grows, whether there are enough vehicles, and whether unsupervised operation runs smoothly in a new city. None of that is answered yet.
