Tesla's Austin Robotaxi service now starts at 5 a.m., according to reports from Tesla trackers on 8 November. That stretches the daily window to 21 hours from 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. and leaves only a three-hour overnight gap.

A Tesla Cybercab on display at Auto Zürich in November 2026, an archival model illustration and not the Austin service or its hours change. Photo: Matti Blume / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, modified.