Tesla asked Nevada for 5,000 Vegas robotaxis and got 10

This article was published on August 19, 2026 Tesla Robotaxi asked Nevada for up to 5,000 self-driving cars across Las Vegas, including both airports. The regulator granted 10, confined them to the Strip, capped them at 45mph and barred airport pickups. Amazon’s Zoox already runs about 50 cars in the city. Tesla asked Nevada regulators for permission to run up to 5,000 robotaxis across Las Vegas. It was granted 10. The Nevada Transportation Authority set out the limit in an interim order dated 27 July. The cap sits far below what the company requested. The gap is stark in the paperwork. Tesla Robotaxi filed its application on 5 June. It sought an autonomous vehicle network permit for Clark County. The filing asked for “no more than five thousand (5,000) vehicles for the first twelve (12) months,” and named both Harry Reid International Airport and Henderson Executive Airport. The order that followed granted “a maximum fleet of ten (10) fully autonomous vehicles,” and shut the airports out. The permit is tightly drawn. Every trip must start and finish in Clark County. Operations are “limited to the Las Vegas Strip corridor,” within a mapped area the Authority has to approve. The doc