Tesla Robotaxi has edged past Waymo on the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles automated vehicle registry, Teslarati reported.
As of Nov. 10, Tesla listed 1,302 registered vehicles under Tesla Robotaxi, LLC, compared with Waymo's 1,297. The flip is narrow, but it is on the state's books. After an expansion that day, Tesla's Texas fleet consisted of 729 Model Ys and 573 purpose-built Cybercab vehicles. An independent tracker account, Texas Autonomous Vehicle Tracker, said Tesla had just added 20 Model Ys to reach 1,302. Waymo's roster is dominated by the Jaguar I-PACE and a growing number of Zeekr-based Ojai minivans, Teslarati reported.
Those figures come from the same public TxDMV automated vehicle listings that independent trackers have monitored since a Texas law required operators to disclose fleet sizes. When the registry first became public in late May 2026, Tesla listed just 42 vehicles, Teslarati reported, while Waymo already had several hundred. Tesla has since multiplied its authorized Texas fleet more than thirty times, through repeated Model Y additions and a steady build of Cybercabs. Waymo has also expanded, but at a slower pace in this count.
A lead on the registry is not the same as more rides
Registrations are not necessarily equal to an operational fleet. The TxDMV list shows how many vehicles each company is permitted to run. It does not report how many are actively carrying riders, which cities they serve, or trip volume. Both companies stage vehicles and run mixed fleets that can include units in testing or temporarily offline. A lead on the registry therefore signals authorized capacity and regulatory positioning more than immediate ride volume, Teslarati noted.
Tesla has used the growing authorized fleet to expand unsupervised service beyond the original Austin geofence, including into cities such as San Antonio and Dallas, according to the same report. Waymo is operating across multiple Texas markets and in other parts of the United States. The five-vehicle margin is thin and could reverse with the next large registration from either side. For the moment, the public Texas record shows Tesla holding the larger authorized Robotaxi fleet in the state.
Readers should treat the 1,302-to-1,297 comparison as a snapshot of what the two companies are allowed to field in Texas as of Nov. 10, not as a ranking of trips completed or cities served. The climb from 42 registered Teslas in May to more than 1,300 in November is the clearer trend in Teslarati's account, and it is still a paperwork lead of five vehicles.
