# Where can you actually ride a robotaxi in 2026?

**Verdict:** In the United States, you can pay for a fully driverless public robotaxi ride today in five metros - Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, and Atlanta - and every one of them is Waymo. Tesla runs a limited, partly-supervised service in Austin and the San Francisco Bay Area. Zoox is still in early-rider trials. Outside the US, WeRide, Pony.ai, and Baidu report paid service across dozens of cities, mostly in China and the UAE, but those are the operators' own figures. Everywhere else is announced, not launched. Every operator below links to its verified registry record.

**Summary:** 5 fare-charging metros (US) · 1 operator with public paid rides (US) · 2 trial-or-limited (US) · 5 announced-not-launched cities.

Availability is sourced from the DEPLOY registry. [How we verify](/methodology.md).

## Tier 1 - Fare-charging: you can pay for a public ride today

Paid public driverless rides you can take today. Verified from the DEPLOY registry.

| Operator | Cities | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| [Waymo](/companies/waymo.md) | Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Atlanta | Paid public driverless rides. Austin and Atlanta are served through the Uber app. Waymo reports about 500,000 paid rides per week across its markets (company-stated). |

## Tier 2 - Trial or limited: rides are happening but restricted

Real rides, but not a general fare-charging public service. Verified from the DEPLOY registry.

| Operator | Cities | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| [Tesla](/companies/tesla.md) | Austin, San Francisco Bay Area | Limited service. Some Austin vehicles run unsupervised; the Bay Area service operates under a chauffeur permit with a safety driver, not fully driverless. |
| [Zoox](/companies/zoox.md) | Las Vegas, San Francisco | Early-rider program, not yet a general paid public service. |

## Tier 3 - Operator-claim: the company's own figures

These are services the operator reports, rendered as the company's own figures. They are not independently verified by DEPLOY. Every row links to the verified registry record for the operator.

| Operator | Operator-reported service |
|---|---|
| [WeRide](/companies/weride.md) | Operator reports robotaxi service across 40 cities in 11 countries, including Abu Dhabi and Dubai. These are the company's own figures, not independently verified. |
| [Pony.ai](/companies/pony-ai.md) | Operator reports paid robotaxi service in 20-plus cities, including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Shanghai. Company figures, not independently verified. |
| [Baidu Apollo Go](/companies/baidu.md) | Reports paid service in about 22 cities; Wuhan is the largest deployment. Operator and press figures, not independently verified. |

## Tier 4 - Announced, not yet launched

These markets are announced but not yet open for public rides as of 2026. The announcement is verified; the rides are absent.

| Operator | Announced cities | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| [Waymo (announced)](/companies/waymo.md) | Miami, Washington DC, Dallas, Houston, Nashville | Announced markets. Not yet open for public rides as of 2026. |

## See also

- [Waymo vs Tesla](/waymo-vs-tesla.md): the head-to-head on the two US robotaxi leaders.
- [Are robotaxis safe](/explainers/are-robotaxis-safe.md): the per-operator safety framework.
- [All verified robotaxis](/verified-robotaxis.md): every robotaxi in the registry.
- [Verified deployments](/verified-deployments.md): where these vehicles actually operate.

_DEPLOY does not operate robotaxis. We verify where you can actually ride; operator-reported service is labeled as the company's own figures._

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