Tesla Extends Robotaxi Hours to 6 AM–10 PM as Fleet Grows

AUSTIN, Texas — Tesla has widened the reach of its driverless Robotaxi service, extending operating hours to 6 a.m. through 10 p.m., seven days a week, across every market where the unsupervised fleet runs. The company confirmed the change through its official Robotaxi account on Wednesday, adding that the fleet is now "a lot bigger" and that smarter routing is already cutting rider wait times.

Longer Days, Shorter Waits

The headline for riders is simple: more hours and less waiting. Tesla said upgraded intelligence in vehicle distribution and routing — not a new Full Self-Driving build — is what is trimming the time between hailing a car and climbing in. In practice, that points to smarter dispatch logic that positions idle vehicles near where demand is about to appear, rather than reacting only once a request lands.

The expansion builds on a remarkable year of growth. Tesla launched its public Robotaxi service in Austin in June 2025 with roughly 20 Model Ys and a safety monitor in the front seat. It began offering rides with no in-car monitor early this year, then expanded the network across seven new metros, reaching Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, Tampa and the Bay Area.

A Fleet That Keeps Scaling

Tesla does not publish vehicle counts, but community trackers estimate about 85 active commercial Robotaxis across its live markets. A larger fleet does not necessarily mean brand-new cars: Tesla has been shifting vehicles from supervised to unsupervised operation as its confidence in the system grows, squeezing more capacity out of the cars already on the road.

The timing is telling. Tesla had told analysts it was holding back on adding more Model Ys while it prepared to introduce the purpose-built Cybercab, whose dedicated launch event lands in Austin on September 3. That the company is still expanding hours and fleet intelligence in the meantime shows it is not simply waiting on new hardware to push the service forward.

Cybercab Is Next

The two-seat Cybercab, which has no steering wheel or pedals, has already been giving employees rides on public and private roads. Those vehicles are expected to fold into the existing Robotaxi fleet within days of the September event, adding purpose-built capacity on top of the retrofitted Model Ys carrying riders today.

Each step so far — wider geofences, longer hours, a growing fleet and now smarter routing — has arrived in increments, often with little advance notice. As Teslarati reported this week, Tesla is treating every upgrade as a floor rather than a ceiling. With Cybercab about to join the mix, the company's driverless network looks set to scale faster than ever heading into the fall — and riders are the ones reaping the benefits.