San Antonio’s first robotaxi hearing wasn’t about robotaxis. It was about 56 parking stalls.
Waymo has run driverless rides here since February 24, 2026 — by rolling invitation, across more than 60 square miles, and since March 31 the airport too. None of that ever went before the city, because Texas law doesn’t let it. The one piece of a robotaxi network San Antonio actually got to vote on was a parking lot: Tesla’s 56-stall charging depot near the Pearl, recommended 8–2 by the Zoning Commission on July 21, 2026. That’s the whole story of this industry in one agenda item — the cars are the easy part, and the depot is the asset worth fighting for. This page is the honest version of how San Antonio buyers get on the ownership side of that trade.
The honest status: no San Antonio depot yet
Where DockDuty stands · August 2026
Depot #1 is targeted to open in Greater Orlando in Q4 2026 — one founding book of 50 stalls, network-wide, and the reservations in it come from all over the map.
Our published roadmap is Florida-first: Miami breaks ground when Orlando is ~80% reserved and operating, Tampa follows the same trigger — potentially in parallel. From there we expand wherever the Cybercab market opens.
San Antonio and Orlando are launch twins — Waymo opened both to the public on the same February morning. Where we build after Florida is shaped by demand we can point to, and that’s exactly what the list further down this page is.
Founder spots are open — from San Antonio, today
One founding book of 50 stalls, network-wide. Reserve for $450 — fully refundable until your Cybercab is onboarded — elect San Antonio, TX in the flow, and your car earns at depot #1 the day it arrives.
You don’t have to wait for a San Antonio dock
DockDuty is an own-from-anywhere platform, and the reservation attaches to the network, not to one city:
- Reserve a stall today — $450, fully refundable until your Cybercab is onboarded, credited in full against the $1,000 onboarding fee.
- Your car earns at depot #1 in Greater Orlando — the city San Antonio launched alongside. We park, charge, clean, and dispatch; you watch it from San Antonio on the same dashboard our founding owners use today.
- Elect San Antonio, TX as your preferred market right in the reservation flow — when the network reaches your city, your preference is already on file.
Want the money math first? Run the Cybercab earnings calculator — set your assumptions, see the full fee breakdown, and have your exact scenario emailed to you. Projections, not guarantees: nobody has fleet-scale Cybercab earnings history yet, including us.
We also track every live US robotaxi market on the US Robotaxi Map — jump to San Antonio, updated as markets open and free for anyone to cite.
The San Antonio list
Where we build after Florida is a demand question, and this list is the demand. Join it and two things happen: you get one email if a Texas depot moves from roadmap to real, and your interest is counted when we pick the next metro. No drip sequence, and one-click unsubscribe.
Already sure? You can skip the list and reserve a network stall now — elect San Antonio, TX as your preferred market in the flow.
The 56-stall hearing, and why it matters to owners
Texas settled the robotaxi question at the state level in 2017: SB 2205 authorized automated vehicles to operate with no human driver present and barred cities from writing their own rules, so there was never going to be a San Antonio robotaxi ordinance. The one lever the city still holds is land use. Which is why the only robotaxi item ever to reach a San Antonio hearing room was a zoning case: Tesla’s application — filed June 2, 2026 — for a 56-stall private charging depot on vacant land at 245 and 257 W. Josephine St., next to the Pearl. The Zoning Commission recommended it 8–2 on July 21, 2026 and sent it to City Council, and Tesla is reported to be eyeing a second property near the airport.
Read that docket the way we do. A carmaker with every advantage in software and vehicles still had to stand in front of a city commission to secure parking stalls with chargers. The scarce, permitted, fought-over asset in this industry is the ground layer — what a robotaxi depot actually does — and that’s the layer a DockDuty reservation buys into. Tesla is spending zoning capital in San Antonio to build exactly the thing our founding owners are reserving at depot #1.
The rider side, precisely: Waymo’s service is open to the public by invitation, adding riders from the waitlist on a rolling basis. Dallas dropped its waitlist on August 4, 2026 and Houston on August 20 — San Antonio is next in line among Waymo’s Texas markets. Since March 31, 2026 it has served San Antonio International Airport, with curbside pickup and drop-off at Terminals A and B — only the fourth airport on Waymo’s network. And under SB 2807, the state’s TxDMV authorization requirement for commercial AV operators became enforceable on May 28, 2026, so the operating companies now carry a state authorization. The seventh-largest city in America — 1.53 million people as of the Census Bureau’s 2024 estimates — rides driverless today.
Frequently asked questions
Can anyone ride a Waymo in San Antonio yet?
Almost. Waymo opened San Antonio to its first public riders on February 24, 2026 — the same morning as Dallas, Houston and Orlando, the first time it opened multiple cities at once — and has been inviting riders from the waitlist on a rolling basis since. Dallas dropped its waitlist on August 4, 2026 and Houston on August 20, which leaves San Antonio next in line among Waymo’s Texas markets. The service covers more than 60 square miles, from North Star Mall down to the fairgrounds, including downtown, the River Walk, the Alamo and the convention center, and it has served San Antonio International Airport since March 31, 2026.
Does Texas law allow robotaxis?
Yes, statewide, since 2017. SB 2205 authorized automated vehicles to operate on Texas roads with no human driver present and barred cities from imposing their own robotaxi rules, so San Antonio cannot license, cap or fee the service. What changed recently: under SB 2807, the state’s TxDMV authorization requirement became enforceable on May 28, 2026, so companies operating automated vehicles commercially in Texas now hold a state authorization. Operation itself remains legal and driverless. Where other states fall is answered state by state here.
Is there a DockDuty depot in San Antonio?
Not yet — and we won’t pretend otherwise. Depot #1 is targeted to open in Greater Orlando in Q4 2026, and our published roadmap is Florida-first (Miami on the ~80% trigger, Tampa following). From there we expand wherever the Cybercab market opens — and San Antonio, the seventh-largest city in the country with live driverless service today, is exactly the kind of market that argues for itself. Registering San Antonio interest directly shapes where we build next.
Can I own a Cybercab from San Antonio before a local depot exists?
Yes — that’s the point of own-from-anywhere. Your reservation attaches to the DockDuty network, not to one city. Reserve a stall today ($450, fully refundable until your Cybercab is onboarded), your car earns at depot #1 in Greater Orlando — the city San Antonio launched alongside on the same February morning — and you watch it from San Antonio. In the reservation flow you can elect San Antonio, TX as your preferred market.
How much could a Cybercab make?
Nobody has fleet-scale Cybercab earnings history yet — including us — so treat every number anyone quotes as a projection. The earnings calculator shows the full fee math for your assumptions and can email you your exact scenario.
The city already voted on what matters. Own the next wave.
Reserve a network stall for $450 — fully refundable until your Cybercab is onboarded, credited in full against the $1,000 onboarding fee. Elect San Antonio as your preferred market in the flow.
Own from anywhere — the car earns at the depot. You don't have to live in Florida, or even in the US.