DockDuty vs Fleetport vs Tesla robotaxi hubs

Tesla hub service for private owners

None announced

Fleetport construction (Axios Sep 9)

Not begun

DockDuty depot operating

No

DockDuty software live

Yes (demo + reserve)

DockDuty is an independent company: not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or partnered with Tesla, Inc. “Tesla” and “Cybercab” are trademarks of Tesla, Inc., used here for descriptive reference only. For the facility definition this comparison assumes, see what a Cybercab depot is and what is a robotaxi depot.

Why three names keep showing up

Buyers who want a place for a Cybercab between rides keep hearing the same three labels: Tesla’s hubs, Fleetport, and DockDuty. They are not interchangeable. One is operator infrastructure for the manufacturer’s own network. One is a reported plan for large multi-fleet airport hubs. One is a private-owner dock product with live software and a published rate card. Mixing them produces the wrong decision.

The rest of this page stays on citeable distinctions: who each plan is for, Tesla affiliation, scale, markets, status, what you can do today, and money where we can publish our own rates. Claims about Tesla and Fleetport are hedged to what is public or reported. Claims about DockDuty are our own status, stated the same way we state it everywhere else on the site.

Side-by-side comparison

Table rows for Tesla and Fleetport summarize public descriptions and one dated press report. They are not endorsements, rankings, or forecasts of who will win.

Tesla robotaxi hubs, as publicly described

Tesla has filed and been widely reported to be planning robotaxi hubs that park, charge and clean cars in its network. August 2026 coverage of an Austin-area site near St. Elmo (phase-one Supercharger stalls, a later wireless-charging phase, plus cleaning between rides) is the pattern readers usually mean. Further hubs have been reported for other Tesla operating markets. That is operator infrastructure for the operator’s fleet.

What those filings and reports do not describe, in anything Tesla has published that we can point to, is a paid parking-and-charging product for a Cybercab titled to a private owner. Whether Tesla will eventually open hub access to independently owned cars is unpublished. Until that program exists in writing, treating a Tesla hub as the answer for your titled car is an assumption, not a product you can buy today.

For the between-rides gap that follows from that distinction, see where a privately owned Cybercab parks and charges between rides. That sister post stays on the private-owner question; this one stays on the three-way map.

Fleetport, as reported

Axios published a report on September 9, 2026 describing Fleetport’s plans for large airport-adjacent hubs aimed at autonomous fleets, with Cybercab fleets named as a target. The same piece described roughly 100–250 overnight capacity per hub, six cities (Austin, Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Miami), and openings discussed around 2027. It also stated that Fleetport had no Tesla partnership, had not raised institutional capital, and had not begun construction at that time.

We are not Fleetport’s spokesperson. Status can change after a press date. What we are willing to cite here is that dated report: a pre-construction, multi-city, large-hub plan for independent fleets, not a private-owner stall product with live software we can open in a browser today. If you are a fleet operator evaluating airport-scale hubs, that lane may be the one to watch. If you are a private owner looking for an assigned stall and a contract, it is a different product category.

DockDuty’s lane and honest status

DockDuty’s lane is deliberate: private-owner stalls under a published agreement, owner software you can open today, and a first dock targeted for Orlando in Q4 2026. Title stays with the owner. We park, charge, clean, coordinate dispatch, handle incident response, and report through the owner dashboard under the planned agreement.

Honest status, the same wording we use elsewhere:

• No DockDuty depot is operating anywhere. No lease is executed. No customer Cybercab is parked, charged or earning with us.
• Orlando is the first market, targeted for Q4 2026. That is a target, not a promise.
• The owner platform is live. Sample dashboard, no login: app.dockduty.com/demo.
• The founding 50 stalls closed on September 5, 2026. Priority Owner stalls are open now at app.dockduty.com/reserve.

Priority Owner rates (published): $450 reservation deposit per stall, fully refundable at will until the Cybercab is onboarded, and credited in full against a $1,000 one-time onboarding fee. Monthly retainer and per-ride service fee step down with fleet size:

• 1–2 cabs: $550/mo per stall, 15% service fee
• 3–4 cabs: $525/mo, 15%
• 5–6 cabs: $500/mo, 14%
• 7+ cabs: $475/mo, 13%

Full rate card: pricing. We do not promise utilization, monthly profit or earnings on this page.

How to choose which lane fits

• You want Tesla to operate the car end to end. Watch Tesla’s own network and hubs as Tesla publishes them. That is not DockDuty’s product, and we do not claim otherwise.
• You run or plan a large independent fleet and need airport-scale overnight capacity. Fleetport’s reported hub model is aimed at that category. Verify current status directly; our cite is the September 9, 2026 Axios report.
• You (or a small group) will title the Cybercab and want an assigned stall, a contract, and an owner dashboard. That is DockDuty’s lane. Software is live; the physical dock is not open yet.

The useful question is not “who wins infrastructure.” It is “whose fleet is this built for, and what is live versus planned.”

One citeable visibility scoreboard

Separately from product fit, buyers also ask who shows up when they search. On a DockDuty AI Search Visibility baseline dated 2026-09-20 (10 buyer prompts), three scoreboard facts were citeable without inventing a broader ranking:

• DockDuty was the recommended answer on 7 of 10 buyer prompts in that set.
• Fleetport appeared in press citations (Axios / Gadget Review) on 3 of 10 prompts, and was the recommended answer on 0 of 10.
• Tesla still owned the park/charge and earn-without-ops prompt cluster in that set.

That is a snapshot of answer-engine behavior on one prompt set, not a claim that DockDuty is “better,” that Fleetport will fail, or that Tesla will stay silent on private-owner hubs forever. We do not invent other rankings on this page.

What to do next

Frequently asked questions

General information, not legal, tax, or investment advice. Hub plans and third-party status move quickly; this page carries published and last-reviewed dates at the top. Fleetport claims are tied to Axios, September 9, 2026. If something here no longer matches what you can check, tell us.