Tesla looks to be quietly setting the groundwork to take its autonomous ride-hailing network international. Fresh job listings indicate that South America could be among the first global regions outside the U.S. to get Tesla’s Robotaxi service.
As spotted by longtime Tesla watcher @tslaming, Tesla is seeking AI Safety Operators in Colombia and Chile. The job openings aim to fill roles tasked with overseeing the daily operations of an autonomous ride-hailing network alongside dynamic data collection.
What the Job Listings Reveal
The job postings list full-time engineering positions in Bogotá and El Poblado in Colombia, as well as Las Condes in Chile. According to the job descriptions, AI Safety Operators will be responsible for driving engineering vehicles 6 to 8 hours daily to collect camera and audio data, write drive reports, and debug software equipment.
Crucially, the listings explicitly state under the job duties that operators will "oversee daily operations of ride-hailing services including driver/rider management."
While these roles focus on vehicle testing and data collection for the Full Self-Driving (Supervised) team, the mention of ride-hailing management confirms Tesla is laying structural foundations for autonomous fleet operations in those regions.
Early Stages of International Expansion
This discovery comes right as Tesla revealed during its Q2 2026 earnings call that its Robotaxi fleet has crossed 380,000 unsupervised miles. Tesla laid out its next official expansion targets at the same time, but it only highlighted Las Vegas, Nevada, and Phoenix, Arizona, as upcoming U.S. markets where launch preparations are underway. There has been no official word on Robotaxi in South America as of yet.
That contrast suggests South American efforts are in a very early validation phase, focused on mapping and data collection rather than an imminent public launch. Still, these job listings mark the first tangible sign of the Robotaxi service expanding beyond U.S. borders.
Tesla has been moving fast in the U.S., having just launched unsupervised Robotaxi rides in Orlando and Tampa following its Miami rollout earlier this month. Now that Tesla has confirmed Robotaxi vehicles are already running FSD v15, which the company had positioned as a box it needs to check before really ramping up Robotaxi deployment, the network’s expansion is expected to accelerate. However, international rollouts are likely still a ways away.
As Tesla continues public testing of steering wheel-less Cybercabs, the purpose-built vehicle will eventually take over from the current Model Y robotaxis to enable rapid scaling both across the U.S. and around the world. In the meantime, gathering localized driving data in Chile and Colombia ensures Tesla’s Robotaxi software learns regional road layouts and traffic patterns well ahead of any official rollout.
