Robotaxi and Optimus, by the numbers
Robotaxi and Optimus, in numbers.
~2.5M
Q2 2026 cumulative paid Robotaxi miles
7
Q2 2026 Robotaxi metros live
~9B
Cumulative FSD (Supervised) miles (Q1 2026 IR chart)
Robotaxi
Optimus
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- Tesla Q2 2025 update deck: Robotaxi service launched in Austin in June 2025 with a safety rider; camera-only architecture; Robotaxi mobile app launched; Cybercab (purpose-built Robotaxi) volume production slated for 2026; FSD (Supervised) cumulative miles chart
- Tesla Q4 and FY 2025 update deck: began testing driverless Robotaxis in Austin in December 2025 and began removing the safety monitor in January 2026; Planned Robotaxi Coverage table (Austin ramping unsupervised; Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Las Vegas all 1H 2026; SF Bay Area safety driver); Cumulative Paid Robotaxi Miles chart to about 610,000 by Dec 2025; Cumulative FSD (Supervised) miles chart to about 7.2 billion by Dec 2025; Optimus Gen 3 (first mass-production design) to be unveiled Q1 2026, start of production planned before end of 2026, first-gen lines being installed
- Tesla Q1 2026 update deck: launched unsupervised Robotaxi rides in Dallas and Houston in April 2026; paid Robotaxi miles nearly doubled sequentially; Cumulative Paid Robotaxi Miles chart to about 1.7 million by Mar 2026; Cumulative FSD (Supervised) miles chart to about 9.0 billion by Mar 2026, FSD v14.3 launched April; Optimus first large-scale factory prep begins Q2 2026, first-gen line designed for 1 million robots a year replacing Model S/X lines in Fremont, Gigafactory Texas second-gen line designed for long-term 10 million robots a year
- Grokipedia Tesla Robotaxi: Austin pilot June 2025 with human safety supervisors; around 10 to 12 vehicles in a geofenced zone at launch; fully unsupervised operations began January 2026; planned expansion to Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Las Vegas in first half of 2026; 4.20 dollar initial flat fare
- Grokipedia Optimus: Tesla Bot announced Aug 19 2021 (under 20,000 dollars target); first prototype Sep 30 2022 (0.3 m/s walk, renamed Optimus); Gen 2 Dec 12 2023 (about 10 kg lighter, 30 percent faster, 11 DoF hands); Gen 3 / V3 planned Q1 2026 with about 22 DoF per hand; repeated price target of 20,000 to 30,000 dollars per unit
- @elonmusk 2025-06-22: the Tesla_AI robotaxi launch begins in Austin this afternoon with customers paying a 4.20 flat fee (confirms Austin launch date and initial fare)
- @elonmusk 2025-06-25: Optimus V3 is going to be excellent, review with the Tesla Optimus team (confirms V3 in development mid-2025)
- @elonmusk 2026-07-01: walking the Optimus production line in Fremont (confirms a Fremont Optimus production line existed by July 1 2026)
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