Tesla's robotaxi fleet in Texas is still playing catch-up to Waymo

Tesla has 42 registered autonomous vehicles in Texas, far below Waymo's 577, highlighting a sizeable gap in real-world autonomous fleet scale. The comparison is mildly negative for Tesla because it underscores weaker deployed AV presence versus its key rival, though the article is largely factual and unlikely to move shares materially on its own.

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Tesla has 42 registered autonomous vehicles in Texas, far below Waymo's 577, highlighting a sizeable gap in real-world autonomous fleet scale. The comparison is mildly negative for Tesla because it underscores weaker deployed AV presence versus its key rival, though the article is largely factual and unlikely to move shares materially on its own.