Robotaxi

4 entries between December 2018 and June 2025.

Every entry

  1. Tesla starts a limited robotaxi service in Austin

    Tesla began a limited robotaxi service in Austin, Texas on 22 June 2025 with about 10 Model Y cars running Full Self-Driving software and a human safety monitor in the front passenger seat. Riders and reporters recorded wrong-way driving and drop-offs in intersections.

  2. Waymo’s robotaxi rides roughly triple to about 14 million

    Waymo’s driverless service averaged roughly 269,000 paid trips a week over the year while working toward a stated target of a million a week, ending it with an estimated 2,500 vehicles in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, and other cities, and about 14 million rides.

  3. Waymo opens driverless robotaxi rides to the Phoenix public

    Waymo opened fully driverless Waymo One rides, with no human safety driver, to the general public in the Phoenix metropolitan area on 8 October 2020, starting with existing riders and widening access through its app over the following weeks.

  4. Waymo One begins paid robotaxi rides near Phoenix

    Waymo opened Waymo One on 5 December 2018, a ride-hailing app offering trips in autonomous minivans around Phoenix, including Tempe, Mesa, and Chandler. A trained safety driver sat behind the wheel, and access was limited to members of an earlier rider program.