Tesla reports nearly 2 million unsupervised miles on its Robotaxi service

Tesla says its Robotaxi service logged nearly 2 million cumulative unsupervised miles by the end of the third quarter. That figure comes from the company’s Q3 2026 shareholder update, released on October 21. The headline number is an eightfold increase from the previous quarter. The numbers behind the milestone Tesla attributed the growth to steady expansion, with unsupervised mileage rising by a double-digit percentage week after week. The trajectory is visible in earlier checkpoints. The service passed 380,000 unsupervised miles by late July 2026, then crossed 1 million miles by early September. Austin remains the center of gravity. Tesla began putting its purpose-built Cybercabs into public service there in early September 2026, and more than 300 were operating by October 10. The Cybercab is the two-seat vehicle Tesla designed specifically for autonomous ride-hailing, without the hardware a human driver would need. Until it arrived, the fleet relied mainly on retrofitted Model Y vehicles. Tesla also stretched its Austin operating hours, which now run from 6 a.m. to midnight. What the safety report says Alongside the shareholder update, Tesla published a new Vehicle Safety Report...