Tesla listed Jacksonville as one of four cities where its driverless ride-hailing service is "coming soon," according to the company's Robotaxi Safety Report published Oct. 21.

The company has not announced a launch date or service boundaries for Jacksonville. Whether the robotaxis will eventually cross into St. Johns County remains an open question.

Jacksonville joins Las Vegas, Phoenix and San Antonio on the expansion list. Tesla already operates robotaxi service in six cities: Austin, Dallas and Houston in Texas, plus Miami, Orlando and Tampa in Florida, according to the safety report.

Those existing Florida zones are small. Miami covers 30.8 square miles, Orlando 26.2 and Tampa 23.6, according to Tesla-focused publication Not a Tesla App.

But zones can grow. In Austin, Tesla's first market, the service area launched at about 20 square miles in June 2025 and expanded to roughly 246 square miles by September 2026, Not a Tesla App reported. That growth swallowed surrounding neighborhoods and suburbs.

Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla's vice president of AI software, said on the company's Oct. 21 earnings call that expansion depends on the technology, according to TeslaNorth.com. He said the company plans to unlock around-the-clock service and reach higher-speed roads before the end of 2026.

"We just want to make sure that there's not a single safety incident. That is our operating principle," Elluswamy said, according to TeslaNorth.com.

Elluswamy added that the limiting factor would shift from technology to regulation, pointing to the first half of 2027, TeslaNorth.com reported.

St. Johns County added about 11,400 residents between July 2024 and July 2025, reaching an estimated population of 346,328, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates reported by the St. Johns Citizen. USAFacts data showed the county's 3.9% population gain in that period was the largest percentage increase of any county in Florida.

Tesla's fleet includes Model Y SUVs and the two-seat Cybercab, which has no steering wheel or pedals. The company has not said which vehicles would serve Jacksonville, according to the St. Johns Citizen.

Tesla has not committed to specific launch dates for any of the four new cities, according to Basenor. Las Vegas is the only one among the four with a signed regulatory approval, Basenor reported.