Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y) in New York
No NY testing application on record. FSD (Supervised) is legal in customer-owned cars in NY; unsupervised robotaxi service is not.
A conventional vehicle with a wheel, so no federal design exemption is needed — only NY law. But camera-only sensing faces explicit hostility in NJ and skepticism among NY legislators.
Unsupervised in 6 metros; safety-driver / employee-only in Bay Area
Not disclosed
Would be excluded by NJ A3968 as drafted.
Vehicle & service
Vehicles: Model Y (FSD Unsupervised)
How you hail it: Tesla Robotaxi app
Pricing: Approximately $3.00 base + $1.40/mile in Austin (community-tracked); typically undercuts UberX on short trips.
Safety record: Camera-only; Tesla reports crash rates per mile but does not publish third-party-audited rider-only data.
Footprint
Live today: Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Tampa, Orlando
Announced / next: San Francisco Bay Area (supervised), Phoenix, Las Vegas, Additional Sun Belt metros
The New York question
New York: No NY testing application on record. FSD (Supervised) is legal in customer-owned cars in NY; unsupervised robotaxi service is not.
New Jersey: NJ A3968 would exclude camera-only systems from any NJ pilot.
A conventional vehicle with a wheel, so no federal design exemption is needed — only NY law. But camera-only sensing faces explicit hostility in NJ and skepticism among NY legislators.
Verified 2026-09-09. Official site: www.tesla.com/robotaxi
- Albany amends VTL §1226 or passes an AV pilot that includes NYC (see tracker).
- NYC DOT issues a testing permit and the TLC creates a license category — S10413 would restrict it to medallion owners.
- NJ A3968's sensor rule does not become the regional template.
- Labor deal: every live proposal ties approval to driver-transition funding or union sign-off.