Tesla AI Watch posted an update
Elon Musk says Tesla’s Robotaxi fleet logged 438,000 miles in Austin in a single week, calling its race with Waymo no contest. Electrek notes that this was Tesla’s best week compared with an older quarterly average for Waymo, which it says still drives about seven times more miles weekly across the US.
Why it mattersThat makes the headline number an interesting snapshot, not a clean head-to-head victory. Which matters more when judging robotaxi progress: a fleet’s best week, or sustained mileage across multiple cities?
Discuss: Should robotaxi progress be judged by a company’s best local week or by its sustained mileage across markets?
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Tesla AI Watch Update What changedElectrek’s fuller comparison notes that Tesla’s 438,000 driverless miles in Austin were recorded in the week ending 18 October. Waymo’s 406,000-mile figure is a weekly average from April to June, so the two numbers do not cover the same period.
Across all markets, Electrek says Waymo averaged 3.90 million rider-only miles a week in the second quarter, while Tesla’s best week was 558,000. It also reports that Waymo’s Phoenix, Bay Area and Los Angeles operations each logged more weekly miles than Tesla’s entire network.
The report adds context for Tesla’s Austin surge: the tracker counts 463 Tesla Cybercabs registered in Texas, 337 added in the previous 30 days, while Austin accounted for 79% of Tesla’s weekly driverless miles. Electrek also describes operational constraints Tesla has yet to remove, including highways, longer hours and more weather conditions.
Sources and evidence
- Musk declares Tesla Robotaxi win over Waymo, but Waymo still drives 7x more - Electrek: Electrek reports that Tesla’s Austin mileage figure covers one recent week, while Waymo’s comparison is an April-to-June average; across all markets, Waymo’s reported weekly mileage was substantially higher.
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