"The most recent expansion brought its size from 170 square miles (440.298 sq. km) to 243 square miles (629.367 sq. km). This has broadened its geofence to nearly three times the size of Waymo's current service area, which is great from a comparative standpoint. However, there seems to be something that also needs to be expanded as the geofence gets larger: the size of the Robotaxi fleet."
"Tesla has never revealed exactly how many Model Y vehicles it is using in Austin for its partially driverless ride-hailing service (We say partial because the Safety Monitor moves to the driver's seat for freeway routes). When it first launched Robotaxi, Tesla said it would be a small fleet size, between 10 and 20 vehicles. In late August, after its second expansion of the service area, it then said it "also increased the number of cars available by 50 percent.""
Tesla expanded its Austin Robotaxi geofence four times, most recently increasing the area from 170 to 243 square miles. The expanded geofence is nearly three times the size of Waymo's current service area. Tesla has not disclosed the exact number of Model Y vehicles operating in Austin and initially described the fleet as small, between 10 and 20 cars. Tesla reported a 50 percent increase in available cars after a prior expansion, but the baseline number remains unknown. The Robotaxi operates partially driverless with a Safety Monitor taking the driver's seat on freeways, and users request more transparency and fleet growth.
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