Tesla launched its Robotaxi service in Miami on July 5 — its fifth city and first outside Texas and California — running without an in-car safety monitor and using remote monitoring only. The Cybercab platform runs on FSD v13 with camera-only sensing and no lidar. Waymo operates with lidar, radar, and cameras plus in-car safety availability. Tesla is running on less sensor redundancy at more cities faster.
The AI connection: Grok 4.5 is in private beta at Tesla for next-generation FSD reasoning, but is not yet in production. Current Miami deployments run on the existing FSD v13 stack trained on Dojo 2.
The twelve-state expansion target by end of 2026 means Tesla needs twelve separate state regulatory approvals under twelve different permit frameworks — because no federal autonomous vehicle framework exists. Florida is among the most permissive states for AV operation, making Miami a logical expansion city.
Targets 12 US states by end of 2026. Cybercab runs on FSD v13 cameras-only.