Overview
- Tesla, which announced the rollout Saturday, posted maps showing compact service areas centered near Highland Park in Dallas and Willowbrook–Jersey Village in Houston.
- Company videos showed Model Ys with no front-seat driver or monitor, though Tesla has not said whether the rides will be supervised or how much they cost.
- A public tracker listed about one active Tesla vehicle in each new city on launch day, compared with dozens operating in Austin.
- Social media spotters described rows of Model Ys staged in both cities, though those claims have not been verified.
- Waymo has operated fully driverless service in both cities since February, underscoring a scale gap as Tesla faces questions after NHTSA-reported Austin crashes ahead of Wednesday’s earnings call.