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Dallas Gets the Extra Hour: Robotaxi Rides Now Run Until 11 p.m.
A Dallas rider shared a Robotaxi app alert on Sunday saying rides now run until 11 p.m., one hour later than before. The change follows Austin's extension on Friday night. Paid Cybercab rides remain Austin only.
Sam Ellison, Live desk
Published · 3 min read
DALLAS - Tesla's Robotaxi service in Dallas appears to have picked up the same extra evening hour that Austin received on Friday night. On Sunday, a Dallas rider who posts on X as Ash_Alpha shared a screenshot of a Robotaxi app notification that read, "Rides now available until 11PM." The post said the Dallas geofence was now operating until 11 p.m., one hour past the 10 p.m. cutoff the city has used since late August.
Robotaxi Radar, an account that tracks Tesla's driverless service, reposted the screenshot a few hours later and told followers that Dallas Robotaxi "is now also available until 11pm." The notification itself does not name a city. The rider's post ties it to the Dallas service area. Tesla's official Robotaxi account had not posted a Dallas notice by late Sunday, Central time.
The move follows Friday night's change in Austin. Tesla's Robotaxi account posted that rides there were available until 11 p.m. Elon Musk then said the main work before later hours is making sure the cars avoid pets that are hard to see at night. "Literally trying to avoid grey kittens on grey tarmac in the dark," he wrote.
Tesla's Robotaxi account confirmed hours of 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week, on Aug. 26. Tesla's Robotaxi page lists six cities with driverless rides: Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando and Tampa. The Dallas service runs on Model Y robotaxis. Austin is still the only city where the public can book a paid ride in a purpose-built Cybercab.
Cybercabs are gathering in Dallas all the same. On Sunday afternoon, an X user who posts as Spencer shared a wide photo of a lot filled with Cybercabs and wrote, "Approximately 300 Cybercabs are now in Dallas." The post drew more than 28,000 views. Robotaxi Radar reposted it and pointed to an earlier driverless sighting in the city. Tesla has not confirmed the location of the lot or the number of cars in it, and Cybercab.news could not verify either.
For riders, the change is simple. Anyone using the app in Dallas now has one more hour to get a driverless ride home in the evening. It is also the first sign that the later window is spreading beyond Austin.
Watch for Tesla's Robotaxi account to confirm the Dallas hours, and for the same notice in Houston and the Florida cities. Musk has not given a date for service past 11 p.m.
