On the Texas DMV's public automated-vehicle register, Tesla Robotaxi moved ahead of Waymo just before midnight on Nov. 10 (Texas time), 1,302 vehicles to 1,297. By the morning of Nov. 12, the EVwire tracker showed Waymo back in front, 1,305 to 1,303. Registered vehicles are not the same as cars carrying riders. When the list first went public in May, Tesla had 42.
Conventional autonomous driving usually detects people and cars first, then plans a path in a separate step. End-to-end models try to put perception and decision-making in one network and output a driving trajectory directly. On November 11, Japan's TIER IV said it has released multiple end-to-end models around the open-source Autoware software, from camera-only versions to setups that can add LiDAR, radar, and high-definition maps, so automakers and developers can choose what they need. Some models are already integrated with Autoware. Closed-loop tests in real vehicles are still underway, and fully driverless operation remains a later goal.