Overview

• Tesla made Robotaxi rides publicly accessible in Austin and the San Francisco Bay Area after roughly two and a half months of influencer and media testing.
• ARK Invest’s Brett Winton reported that first‑day downloads surpassed Uber’s by about 40% and exceeded Waymo’s best single day by more than six times.
• Business Insider noted some users were briefly taken off the waitlist before being placed back on it, with pickup estimates ranging from 12 to 40 minutes.
• Operations continue with in‑car safety monitors or drivers, including highway rides in Texas where the monitor moves to the driver’s seat as a precaution.
• The app is available on iOS with no Android release yet, and Tesla has begun admitting more people from the waitlist as it expands access.