Tesla's unsupervised Full Self-Driving operation has quietly crossed into two new US states, according to a post from Whole Mars Catalog — one of the more reliable early-signal accounts in the Tesla community. The expansion marks a meaningful step forward for Tesla's Robotaxi ambitions, which have so far been concentrated in a narrow set of geofenced areas.
The specific states haven't been officially confirmed by Tesla, but the background context points to Texas as an established base for the Robotaxi service. Tesla's unsupervised operation is distinct from the consumer-facing FSD (Supervised) product — it runs without a human safety driver in the vehicle, within defined geofenced zones. That's a fundamentally different regulatory and operational posture than what most Tesla owners experience today.
Tesla has been methodical about expanding unsupervised operations, prioritizing regulatory groundwork and safety data accumulation before pushing into new geographies. Each new state added to the map represents not just a geographic expansion, but a new regulatory relationship and a new dataset feeding back into the neural network. For owners watching the FSD coverage closely, this is the kind of incremental progress that precedes a much larger rollout. The question now is whether the remaining states follow quickly or whether Tesla continues its measured, state-by-state approach through the rest of 2026.
Marcus covers Tesla's software releases, FSD rollouts, and OTA changes. Background in automotive engineering. Based in Austin.
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