Where do robotaxis operate? The US city tracker.
This page answers one question with dates attached: where can you actually ride in a driverless robotaxi in the United States right now? We maintain it because the answer keeps changing (July 2026 alone added at least six metro launches across two operators) and because we're a depot company: every one of these city launches is, to us, a new place the industry will eventually need ground infrastructure. Every claim below is as reported by the dates shown; zones inside each metro are geofenced and grow in steps.
New: this tracker now has a visual twin, the interactive US robotaxi map: every metro below as a tappable map with operators, dates, and zone notes. Free to cite and embed-link in articles; it updates as markets open.
The map at a glance, as of October 25, 2026
As of October 25, 2026, 15 US metros have driverless robotaxi rides for public riders. Waymo serves all 15: Phoenix, the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Austin, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, Nashville, San Antonio, San Diego and Tampa (open to everyone since October 14, 2026) and, still by invitation, Denver and Las Vegas. Tesla runs unsupervised rides in six of them (Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, Tampa). Zoox charges fares in Las Vegas.
| Metro | Operator(s) | Notes, as reported |
|---|---|---|
| Austin, TX | Tesla + Waymo | The proving ground: Tesla live since June 2025, expanded metro-wide (~245 sq mi) June 3, 2026; public Cybercab rides since Sept 4, 2026 (our launch record), and Tesla said on October 10 it had scaled to 300+ Cybercabs serving Austin (Tesla on X). Cybercab rides are still Austin only; on Tesla’s October 21 earnings call, Ashok Elluswamy said “next month, we’ll be launching in Dallas” (our write-up of the call). Tesla’s Q3 2026 Update puts Austin Robotaxi hours at 6 a.m. to midnight (Tesla, Oct 21, 2026). Waymo rides here are booked through the Uber app (waymo.com, checked Oct 10, 2026). Zoox runs a limited rider program; public availability not confirmed as of October 10, 2026 (Electrek, Mar 24, 2026) Full guide: Robotaxi in Austin. |
| Dallas, TX | Tesla + Waymo | Tesla unsupervised, confirmed in its Q2 report, July 22, 2026, in a zone of about 31 sq mi centered on downtown by late September (Not a Tesla App, Sep 29, 2026); Waymo dropped its waitlist and opened to everyone Aug 4, 2026 after ~150,000 riders in the waitlisted phase, with Avis Budget Group running depot operations (TechCrunch) Full guide: Robotaxi in Dallas. |
| Houston, TX | Tesla + Waymo | Tesla unsupervised: confirmed in its Q2 report, July 22, 2026, in a 25 sq mi zone in northwest Houston by late September (Not a Tesla App, Sep 29, 2026); Waymo open to everyone with the app Aug 20, 2026, invite gate dropped after 100,000+ riders since the February limited launch (Waymo, Aug 20, 2026); Zoox announced a test fleet here, not open to riders (Zoox, Sept 1, 2026) Full guide: Robotaxi in Houston. |
| San Antonio, TX | Waymo | Limited service began February 24, 2026: ~60 sq mi including downtown, the River Walk, and the airport (from March 31); paused after an April flood incident and restarted Sept 17, 2026 for riders who already had access, then opened to everyone on Oct 14, 2026 (Waymo, Oct 14, 2026; Axios, Sept 17, 2026; TechCrunch, Sept 17, 2026) Full guide: Robotaxi in San Antonio. |
| Phoenix, AZ | Waymo | Waymo's oldest market; freeway trips resumed July 29, 2026 after the May pause (TechCrunch, Jul 29, 2026), and the zone grew into more of Chandler and San Tan Ranch on Aug 13, 2026 (Waymo Help) |
| San Francisco / Bay Area, CA | Waymo + Tesla + Zoox | Densest multi-operator overlap in the country; Waymo freeway trips available again by July 30, 2026 (Waymo Help, archived Jul 30, 2026); Tesla still uses safety drivers here under a California TCP permit (Q2 report, July 22, 2026); Zoox rides remain free until it gets a California permit to charge fares (TechCrunch, Sept 17, 2026) Full guide: Robotaxi in the Bay Area. |
| Los Angeles, CA | Waymo | Established; freeway trips available again by July 30, 2026 (Waymo Help, archived Jul 30, 2026) Full guide: Robotaxi in Los Angeles. |
| Atlanta, GA | Waymo | Established 2025; Waymo rides here are booked through the Uber app (waymo.com, checked Oct 10, 2026) |
| Las Vegas, NV | Zoox + Waymo | Zoox's purpose-built pods have charged fares since Aug 10, 2026, its first commercial market, after the July 30 NHTSA exemption covering up to 2,500 vehicles (TechCrunch, Aug 5, 2026); Zoox added Harry Reid International Airport trips on Sept 3 (TechCrunch, Sept 3, 2026), and its 100-vehicle Nevada cap was set to expire Sept 25 (TechCrunch, Sept 17, 2026). Waymo opened to public riders by rolling invitation on September 14, 2026, from Boulder Junction up the Strip to Sahara Avenue (Waymo), and is still adding riders gradually (Waymo Help, checked Oct 10, 2026). Since October 21, 2026, Waymo also picks up and drops off at Harry Reid International, from zones on Level 0 at Terminals 1 and 3, for existing Las Vegas riders first (Waymo). On Aug 20, 2026 the Nevada Transportation Authority approved commercial permits for Tesla (up to 5,000 vehicles in Clark County), Waymo, and Uber (TechCrunch); as of October 25, 2026 we have not confirmed that public Tesla rides have begun there: Tesla's robotaxi page still listed only Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando and Tampa on October 6 (tesla.com, archived), and Tesla’s first Robotaxi Safety Report, published October 21, lists Las Vegas as “Coming Soon” with no date (Tesla North, Oct 21, 2026) |
| Nashville, TN | Waymo | Open to everyone June 25, 2026, via the Waymo app; since September 9, 2026, Lyft riders in central Nashville can also be matched with a Waymo, with availability growing gradually (Lyft, Sept 9, 2026); Nashville International (BNA) is on Waymo’s airport list (Waymo Help, checked Oct 25, 2026) |
| San Diego, CA | Waymo | Public riders from Sept 1, 2026, open to everyone since Oct 14, 2026 (Waymo, Oct 14, 2026) (Waymo Help, checked Oct 10, 2026) (employee-only phase announced July 8): a zone reported at about 40 sq mi (Times of San Diego, Aug 27) to 50 sq mi (Axios, Sept 1, 2026), from Pacific Beach through Point Loma, Mission Valley, Uptown and downtown to Barrio Logan; no freeways at launch, and the airport is not on Waymo's airport list (Waymo Help, checked Oct 10, 2026). Zoox said its safety-driver test fleet would be on San Diego streets by the end of September (Times of San Diego, Sept 1, 2026). Full guide: Robotaxi in San Diego; owner status: San Diego page. |
| Denver, CO | Waymo | Public riders from Sept 1, 2026, by rolling invitation, still adding riders gradually (Waymo Help, checked Oct 10, 2026) (employee-only phase announced July 8); about 50 sq mi inside the City and County of Denver at launch (Colorado Sun, Aug 21), about 60 sq mi and no airport by late September (KUNC, Sept 25, 2026). Zoox plans a small winter test fleet here with safety operators and no riders (Denver Gazette, Sept 30, 2026). Full guide: Robotaxi in Denver |
| Miami, FL | Tesla + Waymo | Waymo public riders since January 22, 2026: open to everyone April 15, 2026, ~150 sq mi including Miami Beach and Bal Harbour (NBC 6, May 13, 2026); freeway rides paused in May (TechCrunch, May 21, 2026); on July 30 Waymo’s help page said Miami freeway trips would resume “soon” (Waymo Help, archived Jul 30, 2026), and as of October 10, 2026 we have not confirmed that they have; MIA planned (Waymo, Jan 22, 2026) but not on Waymo’s airport list (Waymo Help, checked Oct 25, 2026); fleet ops by Moove; Tesla July 3, 2026, zone west of downtown, 30.8 sq mi by late September (Not a Tesla App, Sep 29, 2026), our Miami guide. Zoox’s Miami page reads “Zoox is coming to Miami”; not open to the public (Zoox, checked Oct 10, 2026) |
| Tampa, FL | Tesla + Waymo | Tesla July 21, 2026, unsupervised: about 4 to 5 sq mi north of downtown at launch (Not a Tesla App, Jul 21, 2026), 23.6 sq mi east of Tampa International Airport by late September (Not a Tesla App, Sep 29, 2026); Waymo public riders from Sept 1, 2026, open to everyone since Oct 14, 2026 (Waymo, Oct 14, 2026) (Waymo Help, checked Oct 10, 2026) |
| Orlando, FL | Tesla + Waymo | Tesla July 21, 2026, unsupervised, in eastern neighborhoods just north of Orlando International Airport, 26.2 sq mi by late September (Not a Tesla App, Sep 29, 2026; our Orlando guide); Waymo open to everyone since April 15, 2026 after the waitlist phase (Waymo), with the zone grown into more of Taft on Aug 13, 2026 (Waymo Help) |
Announced next: Washington D.C. (Waymo and Zoox test there with an operator behind the wheel; the Council bill as introduced allows no on-demand network before January 1, 2028) and Detroit (Waymo, no public launch date; fully driverless rides for Waymo employees began October 6, 2026, per WDIV), two of the 15 US cities waymo.com lists as “Up Next” (checked October 25, 2026; the others are Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Sacramento, Seattle and St. Louis, all announced between August 2025 and April 2026); Miami and Austin (Zoox, announced March 24, 2026, per Electrek); Phoenix and Las Vegas listed as “preparations underway” in Tesla's Q2 report, and Nevada has since approved Tesla's commercial permit, which we broke down in the Las Vegas approval explainer; Tesla’s first Robotaxi Safety Report (October 21, 2026) lists Las Vegas, Jacksonville, Phoenix and San Antonio as “Coming Soon,” with no dates (Tesla North; Not a Tesla App, Oct 21, 2026). Scale context: Waymo says it launched its fifteenth US city in September (Waymo, Oct 8, 2026), with roughly 4,000 robotaxis and ~500,000 paid rides per week (TechCrunch, Sept 24, 2026); Tesla's fleet is younger and smaller but expanded to seven metros, six unsupervised: in about thirteen months, per its July 22, 2026 Q2 report. That safety report counts 3.1 million autonomous miles with no safety monitor in the car from January 22 to October 18, 2026: Austin 2,118,015, Dallas 608,130, Houston 225,964, Orlando 61,053, Tampa 53,117 and Miami 46,262. Those are Tesla’s own figures, not independently audited (Tesla North, Oct 21, 2026).
Service-hours note (Aug 26, 2026): Tesla widened robotaxi operating hours to 6 a.m.–10 p.m., seven days a week, across every market, said its unsupervised fleet had grown “a lot bigger,” and shipped smarter vehicle distribution aimed at wait times (Not a Tesla App, Aug 26, 2026). By October 4, Austin's closing time had moved to 11 p.m. (Not a Tesla App, Oct 4, 2026), and Tesla’s Q3 2026 Update (October 21) gives Austin Robotaxi hours as 6 a.m. to midnight (Tesla). Coverage inside each metro remains geofenced; a metro being “live” on this tracker never means the whole metro is inside the zone.
Two networks, two strategies
Waymo is the incumbent at scale: more metros, more vehicles, years of safety data, and a partnership model (its Nashville service runs through Lyft). Tesla is the vertical bet: its own cars, camera-only autonomy, its own app, and a stated endgame no one else has: a network where individually owned vehicles earn alongside the company fleet. That last difference is why this tracker exists on a depot company's website: Waymo's expansion creates cities with robotaxis; Tesla's roadmap creates cities with robotaxi owners.
What every new city actually needs
A city launch looks like software from the outside: a bigger geofence on an app map. On the ground it's four things: legal authorization, a validated zone, a fleet, and the part riders never see: somewhere the cars charge, get cleaned, get inspected, and wait. Today the manufacturers self-host that operations layer for their own fleets, invisibly. The moment individually owned Cybercabs join the network, that burden transfers to owners, every metro on the table above becomes a market that needs depot infrastructure, and “where do robotaxis operate” becomes “where do robotaxis live.” That's the question we're building for. Two reference pages carry the answer as it stands: who runs the ground layer in each of these cities, and the depot database, every documented facility with a source per row.
Frequently asked questions
Which US cities have robotaxis right now?
Fifteen metros as of October 25, 2026, counting a metro as live when at least one operator offers driverless rides to public riders there. Tesla: seven metros, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa unsupervised (the six tesla.com listed on October 6, 2026, and the six with mileage in its October 21 Robotaxi Safety Report), plus the Bay Area with safety drivers. Waymo, per waymo.com's serving list (checked October 25, 2026): Phoenix, SF, LA, Austin, Atlanta, Nashville, Dallas and Houston (open to everyone since Aug 4 and Aug 20, 2026), Miami and Orlando (open to everyone since April 2026), San Antonio, San Diego and Tampa (open to everyone since October 14, 2026), and, by rolling invitation, Denver since September 1, 2026 and Las Vegas since September 14, 2026. Zoox: Las Vegas (paid rides since Aug 10, 2026, airport trips since September 3) and free rides in San Francisco; in Austin, Zoox runs a limited rider program, and public availability is not confirmed as of October 10, 2026 (Electrek, March 24, 2026).
Is my city next?
Announced: Waymo's site lists 15 more US cities under its Up Next heading (checked October 25, 2026), among them Washington D.C., Detroit, New York, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia; Zoox has named Miami and Austin; and Tesla's October 21, 2026 Robotaxi Safety Report lists Las Vegas, Jacksonville, Phoenix and San Antonio as Coming Soon, with no dates. A spot on that list is not a launch date: New York and Massachusetts are still waiting on a law, and D.C.'s bill is still before the Council. Beyond that, watch the pattern: permissive state law (Florida, Texas), mild weather, airport corridors, dense point-to-point demand. If your state legislature is still debating AV law, being on a list does not make you next.
Can I own a robotaxi in one of these cities?
Not yet, today's fleets are all company-owned, and the Cybercab has no public order book. On its October 21, 2026 earnings call, Tesla said it is trying to get Cybercabs to customers by the end of this year, but it has published no price or order page. What you can do is position: the realistic playbook, the earnings math, and a refundable stall reservation. And you don't need to live in a launch city, own from anywhere.
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