Tesla has expanded its Bay Area ride-hailing service to include San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC), marking a key step in its regional rollout. The company announced the update through its Tesla AI account on X, confirming that customers can now request rides to and from the airport.
The move comes after reports that Tesla was in talks with the Bay Area’s three major airports — San Francisco (SFO), San Jose (SJC), and Oakland (OAK) — to obtain operating permits for its ride-hailing and future Robotaxi services.
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Airport officials in each city confirmed in September that Tesla had approached them about the approval process. With the new authorization at SJC, similar approvals for SFO and OAK are expected in the coming weeks.
Tesla’s current ride-hailing service spans from north of San Francisco to San Jose. Expanding into airports provides access to high passenger volumes and serves as a testing ground for Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) (Supervised) software. The system, which still requires human oversight, helps the company collect real-world data to refine its autonomous driving technology.
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Chief Executive Elon Musk has said Tesla aims to remove safety operators in “large parts of Austin” by the end of 2025, followed by the launch of Robotaxi services in 8–10 metropolitan areas, including California.
Tesla’s expansion parallels recent developments from Waymo, which became the first autonomous vehicle company authorized to operate at San Francisco International Airport. Waymo’s rollout will proceed in phases, starting with supervised testing before advancing to fully driverless public operations.
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