Elon Musk’s tech & AI-based electric automaker is expanding its Robotaxi service area at a fast pace. The latest update to the Tesla Robotaxi app, the map of the service area in Austin, Texas, has been updated once again.
The new map is exponentially larger compared to the original map or even the oddly shaped previous one.
The Robotaxi section of the Tesla mobile app has been updated several times since the service launched in Austin, Texas, in June. Every new update has an expanded map of the Robotaxi service area. The latest update also shows significant expansion.
Tesla influencer, Sawyer Merritt, shared the following image, which depicts the size comparison between the first Robotaxi geofence area map and the latest one released in the last week of August 2025.
From 22nd June to 26th August, Tesla has expanded its Robotaxi service area in Austin, Texas, from ~18 to 173 square miles. This is an exponential growth of more than 850% since launch.
According to Tesla’s official Robotaxi account on X (formerly Twitter), the service area has expanded from 91 to 173 square miles since the last update. This is more than 90% growth in a single update.
Tesla Robotaxi service is a grower, not a shower, states the automaker on X. This is a slight critique of other Robotaxi service providers like Waymo that are expanding very slowly.
Just recently, Tesla acquired the license to operate its Robotaxi service in the entire state of Texas. This gives the automaker a free hand to expand the service across the state, and is a factor in the current expansion.
Tesla has also launched the Robotaxi service in the SF Bay Area in California, but it’s not expanding rapidly. Stringent regulations and requirements are the main hurdle.
However, Tesla is working on expanding the Robotaxi service to other states and cities as we reported earlier this month.
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