Waymo dominates self-driving vehicle registrations while Tesla lags behind

Waymo has nearly 600 self-driving vehicles registered in Texas, a number that far outpaces emerging rivals Avride, Nuro, Tesla and Zoox, according to data available on a new website launched by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.

The automated vehicle tracker — part of a new law that requires autonomous vehicle companies to register with the DMV — gives the public the first accurate, accessible accounting of how many autonomous vehicles there are in Texas. The state law, which took effect May 28, requires companies that test or deploy autonomous vehicles in the state to share the number of vehicles in their fleets as well as other safety information.

It also shows just how wide the gap is between Waymo and rival Tesla — two companies that offer commercial robotaxi services.

Alphabet-owned Waymo has registered 577 self-driving vehicles in Texas, followed by Avride with 317, and Nuro with 47. Tesla, which launched a robotaxi service in Austin last summer and has since said it has expanded to Dallas and Houston, has registered 42 self-driving vehicles. Other companies with self-driving vehicles registered in the state include Volkswagen’s MOIA, which has a fleet of 12 self-driving electric minivans.

The size of the autonomous vehicle fleet says a lot about where a company stands on the leaderboard. Many of these companies—Nuro and Zoox, for example—don’t operate commercially. These numbers also do not track the number of vehicles in active use. (For example, Waymo temporarily halted operations in some Texas cities earlier this month due to issues with how its vehicles operated during floods.)

But there’s no denying Waymo’s dominance in Texas, at least for now.

Over time, the tool should provide some amount of growth. Waymo launched its commerce services in Austin in March 2025 and has since expanded to Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.

The site also provides registration numbers for other applications of autonomous vehicle technology, including self-driving trucks. Aurora, a publicly traded company that launched a driverless trucking business in May 2025, has 91 self-driving trucks. Big rivals Kodiak AI and Waabi have 33 and 13 self-driving trucks, respectively. Gatik AI, a startup focused on self-driving midsize trucks, has 64 vehicles in its fleet.