--- title: "Tesla Robotaxi program expands in Florida to two new cities" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/293355325.md" description: "Tesla has expanded its unsupervised Robotaxi program in Florida to include Tampa and Orlando, joining Miami as operational cities. This rollout covers specific geofenced areas in both cities, targeting high-demand tourist and commercial zones. The service operates without safety drivers, utilizing existing Model Ys and future Cybercabs. This expansion adds to Tesla's current US presence in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and the San Francisco Bay Area." datetime: "2026-07-21T14:04:23.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/293355325.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/293355325.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/293355325.md) --- # Tesla Robotaxi program expands in Florida to two new cities Tesla has expanded its Robotaxi program in Florida to include two new cities: Tampa and Orlando. This marks the second and third cities to be added to the company’s available locations for autonomous ride-hailing in the Sunshine State, joining Miami, which was the first Florida city to offer Robotaxi rides. Tesla announced the addition of Orlando and Tampa to the Robotaxi program on Tuesday morning. The cities now join Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, and the San Francisco Bay Area as locations where Tesla can operate its Robotaxi platform: > Robotaxi now in Tampa & Orlando! pic.twitter.com/fYtmXgJq3O > > — Tesla Robotaxi (@robotaxi) July 21, 2026 These rides are unsupervised, as AI Head Ashok Elluswamy confirmed the suite in Florida is operating without safety drivers or anyone within the cabin to assist with operation. #### Orlando Tesla Robotaxi Operation The geofence in Orlando covers a prominent irregular shaded zone on the map, roughly 4-6 miles across in key dimensions, so it likely measures somewhere between 25 and 45 square miles, which is comparable to other early Tesla launches in other cities. It encompasses central and southern areas bounded by major highways including SR-417 and SR-528, including parts of the Orlando metro core, tourism-adjacent zones, and residential/commercial districts. This represents an initial targeted rollout in a tourist-heavy region, positioned for quick expansion via Tesla’s software updates. #### Tampa Tesla Robotaxi Operation In Tampa, the shape of the geofence is a shaded polygon covering key neighborhoods, explicitly including West Tampa, Tampa Heights, Hyde Park, and downtown Tampa proper, with boundaries along major roads and the Hillsborough River area. This focuses on high-demand central zones and will offer tourists and citygoers rides without drivers. #### Robotaxi Progress Tesla has been operating Robotaxi since last June, when it launched in Austin. The geofences in most regions have already expanded several times since their launch last year, but the bigger complaint is vehicle availability. Tesla has been working to add more Robotaxi-enabled vehicles to its fleet. > Tesla expands Robotaxi geofence, but not the garage The company still plans to utilize its Cybercab, a new vehicle that is being produced at Gigafactory Texas, for the Robotaxi suite alongside the Model Y, which has been the vehicle of choice for Tesla with early operations. 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