Registry/Robotaxis
Category
Robotaxis
DEPLOY tracks 54 makers (including Waymo, Mobileye, and Cruise), 62 models, and 272 deployments on the record, most recently Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Toronto. Passenger-side autonomous vehicles operating under NHTSA + state-DMV regulation.
Robotaxis are passenger-side autonomous vehicles, distinct from autonomous trucks (FMCSA freight regime, tracked separately at /trucks). DEPLOY treats this category with full editorial depth: every active commercial deployment carries a verifiable named-city operating record. Incident records carry NHTSA citations where applicable; the verified-vs-claimed framework reads ride counts, incident response time, and operator-disclosed safety drivers.
Featured deployments
Waymo San Francisco
The canonical robotaxi-at-scale deployment in 2026. From August 2023 commercial permit through May 2026, Waymo SF grew to 800+ Bay Area vehicles, 24/7 service, freeway operation, and a ~500,000 weekly-rides total across the program.
Tesla Robotaxi Austin
The most-watched and most-claimed-about robotaxi deployment in the United States, launched June 22, 2025. The canonical reference for what verified-vs-claimed means as a discipline applied to physical-AI deployment data.
Apollo Go Wuhan
The largest single-city robotaxi deployment in the world (1,000+ vehicles, 24/7 fully driverless), and the site of the first publicly-documented fleet-wide system failure in a commercial robotaxi service (March 31, 2026). Scale and failure modes, both at full operational visibility.
Guides & answers
All answers →Start here: verified answers on robotaxis.
- Where can you actually ride a robotaxi in 2026?Where can you actually ride a robotaxi in 2026?
- Robotaxi safety record: every recall, crash, and investigationHow safe are robotaxis? Every recall and crash tracked.
- How many people have robots killed?How many people have robots killed?
- What happened to Cruise?What happened to Cruise robotaxi?
- Are robotaxis safe?The plain-language read on how robotaxi safety verifies per operator.
- Where does Waymo operate?Every city where Waymo runs a public robotaxi service.
- Verified robotaxisOperators running a real public service, by city.
- Waymo vs CruiseHow the two flagship robotaxi programs diverged.
Companies (54)
View all →Featured by funding.
- Waymo
Mountain View, CA · $27.1B
- Mobileye
Jerusalem, Israel · $16.2B
- Cruise
San Francisco, California, USA · $6.2B
- Didi Chuxing
Beijing, China · $5.2B
- Motional
Boston, Massachusetts, USA · $4.8B
- Nuro
Mountain View, CA · $2.3B
- Aurora Innovation
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA · $1.9B
- Zoox
Foster City, California, USA · $1.8B
- Baidu
Beijing, China · $1.5B
- Zeekr
Ningbo, China · $1.2B
- XPeng Robotics
Guangzhou, China · $900M
- Didi Autonomous Driving
Beijing, China · $781M
Models (62)
Waymo(4)
- Ojaiby Waymocommercial
- Waymo Driver (6th gen)by Waymocommercial
- Waymo Jaguar I-PACE robotaxi fleetby Waymocommercial
- Waymo Driver on Toyota bZ4Xby Waymoresearch
Tesla(2)
- Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS)by Teslapilot
- Cybercabby Teslaresearch
Cruise(2)
- Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt)by Cruisecommercial
- Cruise Originby Cruisepilot
Zoox(1)
- Zoox Robotaxiby Zooxcommercial
Baidu (Apollo Go)(1)
- Apollo RT6by Baiducommercial
Pony AI(1)
- Pony Gen-7 Robotaxiby Pony AIcommercial
WeRide(1)
- Robotaxi GXRby WeRidecommercial
Motional(1)
May Mobility(1)
- May Mobility Autonomous Siennaby May Mobilitycommercial
Aurora(1)
- Aurora Driverby Aurora Innovationcommercial
Others(43)
- Meituan Autonomous Delivery Vehicleby Meituanproduction
- Zeekr RT (Ojai)by Zeekrproduction
- ASI Autonomous Vehicleby Autonomous Solutions Inccommercial
- Autonom Shuttle Evoby Navyacommercial
- AutoX RoboTaxiby AutoXcommercial
Verified deployments (272)
View all →- Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Torontoby Waymoannounced
- Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Harry Reid International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada, USAby Waymopilot2026-10-21
- XPENG Robotaxi at Guangzhouby XPeng Roboticspilot2026-10-08
- Waymo Jaguar I-PACE robotaxi fleet at Singaporeby Waymoannounced2026-09-17
- Cybercab at Austin, Texas, USAby Teslaoperational2026-09-04
- Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Detroit, MI, USAby Waymopilot2026-08-26
- Waymo Driver (6th gen) at St. Louis, Missouri, USAby Waymoannounced2026-08-26
- May Mobility Autonomous Sienna at Arlington, Texas, USAby (unspecified)announced2026-08-20
- Ojai at San Francisco, California, USAby Waymooperational2026-08-19
- Ojai at Phoenix, Arizona, USAby Waymooperational2026-08-19
- Ojai at Los Angeles, California, USAby Waymooperational2026-08-19
- Ojai at Sacramento, California, USAby Waymoannounced2026-08-14
Brain stacks (11)
- Apollo ADFM (Baidu)foundation-model · commercial
- Aurora Driverfoundation-model · commercial
- Avride ADSfoundation-model · pilot
- Mobileye Driveos-layer · pilot
- Nuro Driverfoundation-model · pilot
- PonyWorld (Pony.ai Virtual Driver)world-model · commercial
- Tesla FSD-Botfoundation-model · pilot
- VLT (XPENG VLA / VLA 2.0)foundation-model · pilot · open
- Waymo Driverfoundation-model · commercial
- WeRide Onefoundation-model · commercial
- Zoox Driving Systemfoundation-model · pilot
Regulations (146)
View all →- California SB 1246 sets remote-operations and first-responder standards for autonomous vehiclesCalifornia · operational restriction
- China Mandates Safety Standards for Level 3/4 Autonomous Vehicles (Effective July 2027)China · safety standard
- Australia Automated Vehicle Safety Law (AVSL): Conditional AV Deployment from 2027Australia · safety standard
- EU Product Liability Directive (EU) 2024/2853: software and AI systems are products; applies to products placed on the market from 9 December 2026European Union · other
- US proclamation: Adjusting Imports of Robotics, Industrial Machinery, and Their Parts and Components (October 28, 2026)USA · other
- San Diego adopts a 45-day citywide moratorium on data center permitting and developmentSan Diego, CA · permit
- San Francisco adopts a 45-day citywide interim zoning moratorium on new and expanded data centers (File 261021)San Francisco · permit
- Slovakia recognizes Tesla FSD (Supervised) approval for public roadsSlovakia · permit
- Oakland, California adopts a 45-day urgency moratorium on approvals for new data centers (File 27-0050)Oakland · permit
- Ellensburg, Washington adopts a six-month emergency moratorium on new data center permits (Oct 5 2026)Ellensburg · permit
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland enacts a temporary moratorium on new data center development through January 31, 2028 (Bill 63-26)Anne Arundel · permit
- NRC issues TVA Clinch River Unit 1 BWRX-300 construction permit (first U.S. commercial SMR CP for design; 14-month review)Oak Ridge · permit
Incidents (1313)
View all →- NHTSA opens defect petition DP26010 over claims Tesla Robotaxis speed in active school zonesregulatory_action · 2026-10-09
- Federal regulators launch investigation into Tesla Cybercab deployment hours after first production vehicles hit Austin roadsregulatory_action · 2026-09-04
- NHTSA opens investigation into Tesla Cybercab deployment hours after steering-wheel-free robotaxi launches in Austinregulatory_action · 2026-09-04
- Waymo robotaxi collided with minivan exiting Costco parking lot in Sunnyvale, CAcollision · 2026-08-23
- Nevada Transportation Authority approves Tesla full Autonomous Vehicle Network Company permit for up to 5,000 robotaxis in Las Vegasregulatory_action · 2026-08-20
- NHTSA grants Zoox temporary exemption to commercially deploy up to 2,500 robotaxis annuallyregulatory_action · 2026-07-30
- NHTSA launches $5M SAE ITC partnership to develop first-ever AV performance standards and updates AV technical guidanceregulatory_action · 2026-07-30
- NHTSA grants Zoox temporary commercial deployment exemption for up to 2,500 robotaxis annually for two yearsregulatory_action · 2026-07-30
- NHTSA grants Zoox first-ever commercial FMVSS exemption for purpose-built robotaxiregulatory_action · 2026-07-30
- Zoox clears final federal hurdle, receives NHTSA exemption to launch paid robotaxi serviceregulatory_action · 2026-07-30
- Rep. Kevin Mullin proposes AV Emergency Response Coordination Act requiring national safety standards for autonomous vehiclesregulatory_action · 2026-07-28
- Waymo racks up 83 parking citations totaling $9,325 in Austin since 2024 launchregulatory_action · 2026-07-28
Robotaxis on the deployment map
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Common questions
How many robotaxis are deployed?
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY has 272 verified robotaxis deployments on record, most recently Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Toronto. Each is a distinct, individually sourced field deployment, not a claimed unit total.
Which companies make robotaxis?
DEPLOY tracks 54 verified robotaxis makers, including Waymo, Mobileye, Cruise, Didi Chuxing, Motional, and Nuro, and others. Each is an individually sourced registry record.
Have there been safety incidents involving robotaxis?
DEPLOY records 1313 verified incidents involving robotaxis, each individually sourced and dated. See the incidents section on this page.
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