Tesla Robotaxi Launches in Fort Worth, Its Seventh Driverless City, With a 143-Square-Mile Geofence

Tesla opened its unsupervised Robotaxi service to riders in Fort Worth, Texas, at 6 a.m. CT on Monday, November 2, 2026, after announcing the launch window the night before on its official Robotaxi account. Fort Worth becomes the seventh US city with fully driverless Tesla rides, joining Austin, Houston and Dallas in Texas and Miami, Orlando and Tampa in Florida, and it is the first new city added in roughly three months, since the Florida trio came online in July 2026.

The Fort Worth geofence covers 143 square miles, according to tracker figures cited in launch-day coverage, making it the third-largest service area in the network behind Austin at 272 square miles and Houston at 254 square miles, and well ahead of Dallas at 81 square miles. The San Francisco Bay Area runs a separate, supervised Robotaxi program with a safety driver aboard every vehicle under California law, so Fort Worth counts specifically as the seventh unsupervised market rather than the seventh market overall.

The stock market noticed. Tesla shares rose 1.00 percent to close at $403.82 on November 2, a session in which the Nasdaq Composite fell 1.07 percent, with financial coverage linking the gain to the Fort Worth launch. Trading volume ran 18.27 percent above average, though the shares still closed 19.05 percent below their 52-week high of $498.83. The roughly 90-day gap between city launches had drawn attention from the Tesla community, so the Fort Worth opening also reads as a signal that the rollout pace is resuming after a quiet stretch.

What to watch next is whether Fort Worth expands as Austin and Houston did, and whether Tesla names an eighth unsupervised city before year end. The company has previously said it expects robotaxis to begin making a noticeable financial contribution in the second quarter of 2027, and management has reiterated a goal of cutting robotaxi operating costs to about $0.30 per paid mile, a target it has not yet reached.