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Nevada approves 8,000 robotaxis for Tesla, Uber and Waymo

The Nevada Transportation Authority approved permits on Thursday for Tesla Inc, Uber Technologies Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Waymo to operate up to 8,000 commercial robotaxis in Clark County over the next 12 months.

Source: TechCrunch · August 21, 2026 at 8:38 AM · AI-assisted report

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The Nevada Transportation Authority approved permits on Thursday for Tesla Inc, Uber Technologies Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Waymo to operate up to 8,000 commercial robotaxis in Clark County over the next 12 months.

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Tesla received the largest allocation with a ceiling of 5,000 vehicles, Waymo up to 1,000 and Uber up to 1,000 through partnerships with Hyundai’s Motional and Amazon’s Zoox. Zoox already holds a separate permit to run 100 robotaxis in the county.

Company executives indicated the numbers will fall short of the permits. Tesla’s Cybercab chief engineer Eric Early said the 5,000 figure was “a ceiling,” adding he does not expect to deploy more than 2,500 robotaxis by the end of the period. “It’s not [because of] the technology,” he told the authority.

Even at half the permitted levels, Las Vegas will become a testbed for three rival fleets. Tesla, Uber’s Motional-Zoox alliance and Waymo will vie for riders in Clark County, a region that also includes the city of Las Vegas.

The rapid rollout threatens thousands of existing jobs. Taxi and gig-driver representatives warned of job losses and traffic congestion. Kimberly Maxson-Rushton, counsel for the Livery Operators Association, told the hearing that the permits risk “oversaturation of the commercial transportation industry” and “overcrowding of the roadways,” particularly in the Golden Triangle between McCarran Airport, Las Vegas Boulevard and the Strip.

Uber urged a hybrid model that blends human drivers with robotaxis to ease the transition. The company proposed that autonomous vehicles operate on ride-hailing networks that continue to use human drivers, a stance that contrasts with Waymo’s fully autonomous approach and hedges against Uber’s own technology lagging its rivals.

The authority did not set minimum deployment targets. Analysts say actual numbers will depend on regulatory sign-offs, infrastructure readiness and safety performance during the trial.

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