Waymo has nearly 600 autonomous vehicles registered in Texas, surpassing the likes of upstarts Avride, Nuro, Tesla and Zoox.
The automated vehicle tracking tool — part of a new law requiring AV companies to register with the DMV — gives the public the first accurate and easily accessible record of how many autonomous vehicles there are in Texas. A state law that took effect May 28 requires companies that test or deploy AVs in the state to share how many vehicles they have in their fleets and other safety information.
It also shows how wide the gap is between Waymo and rival Tesla — two companies that offer commercial robotaxi services.
Alphabet-owned Waymo has registered 577 autonomous vehicles in Texas, followed by 317 Avride and 47 Nuro. Robotaxis service in Austin last summer and has since expanded into Dallas and Houston, he said, noting 42 autonomous vehicles. The state includes other companies with registered autonomous vehicles Volkswagen subsidiary MOIAIt has a fleet of 12 electric, autonomous minibuses.
The size of the autonomous vehicle fleet only shows where a company stands on the leaderboard. Many of these companies – such as Nuro and Zoox – are not commercially active. These numbers also do not track how many cars are actively used. (Waymo, for example, suspended operations in some Texas cities earlier this month because of problems with its cars operating around floodwaters.)
But there’s no denying Waymo’s dominance in Texas — at least for now.
Over time, the tool should provide a measure of growth. Waymo began commercial service in Austin in March 2025 and has since expanded to Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.
The website also provides registration numbers for other applications of autonomous vehicle technology, including self-driving trucks. Aurora is a publicly traded company commercial driverless trucking business In May 2025, there are 91 self-driving trucks. Big rig rivals Kodiak AI and Waabi have 33 and 13 self-driving trucks, respectively. Gatik AI, a startup focused on self-driving mid-size trucks, has 64 vehicles in its fleet.
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