Knocking On 1,000: Tesla Adds 43 Cybercabs In One Day, Texas Robotaxi Fleet Hits 970

AUSTIN, Texas - Tesla put 43 more Cybercabs on the Texas books on Saturday, and its registered Robotaxi fleet in the state now stands at 970 vehicles, within touching distance of 1,000.

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles roster first moved on Saturday afternoon, Central time, when 11 Cybercabs arrived in two quick batches of four and seven, taking the total from 927 to 938. Just before midnight came the bigger drop: 32 more 2026 Tesla Cybercabs, logged by Robotaxi Tracker and Tsla Chan, lifting the roster to 970.

Every one of the 43 new rows is a purpose-built Cybercab. Tsla Chan's breakdown of the state table puts the split at 463 Cybercabs and 507 Model Ys, with the Model Y count unchanged through the day. Sawyer Merritt's running tally puts the Cybercab figure at 465. On either count, the two-seat car with no steering wheel now makes up about 48 percent of Tesla's registered Texas fleet.

The pace has picked up sharply. On 15 October the same roster showed 349 Cybercabs and 769 vehicles in all. In ten days Tesla has added 114 Cybercabs and about 200 vehicles overall. Nic Cruz Patane, who tracks the state data, noted that since 1 September Tesla's Texas count has nearly tripled, from 314 to 927 before Saturday's batches, averaging close to 12 new robotaxis a day.

Another 45 Cybercabs would put the purpose-built car ahead of the Model Y on Tesla's Texas list for the first time. At Saturday's rate, that could take a day or two.

The timing is hard to miss. Austin is hosting the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas this weekend, and Tesla stretched its Robotaxi service area to cover the circuit for race week. Nearly half a million people pass through the city for the event each year, and many of them will be hailing a Cybercab for the first time.

These are state registrations, not a live count of cars carrying paid riders. Texas asks automated vehicle operators to file each car with the state, and a Cybercab on the list may still be in testing, parked in a fleet lot or waiting for its first fare. Tesla has not published an official fleet number of its own. What the roster does show is factory output reaching Texas streets at a pace that, by Patane's count, has outstripped Waymo's growth in the state since September.