Tesla launched Robotaxi in Miami on July 3, 2026 — the first city outside Texas and California. Rides are fully unsupervised from day one with no safety driver, confirmed by Ashok Elluswamy on X. Riders need the dedicated Robotaxi app and should expect a waitlist.
In March 2026, NHTSA escalated a probe into Tesla FSD to an engineering analysis — the final step before a potential recall — finding the camera-only system fails to detect or warn appropriately under degraded visibility such as glare and airborne obscurants. The investigation covers approximately 3.2 million Tesla vehicles. Unlike Waymo’s LiDAR-based approach, Tesla relies entirely on cameras. South Florida’s rain and sun glare make Miami a real-world test of the exact performance gap NHTSA is investigating.