# Zoox Robotaxi: Cities, Price & How to Ride (2026)

Zoox runs a pilot robotaxi service: free public rides in Las Vegas, invite-only in San Francisco, not yet open in LA. The verified status.

Zoox, the Amazon-owned robotaxi maker, operates a pilot service using purpose-built vehicles with no steering wheel that drive bidirectionally. It is earlier-stage than Waymo's open commercial service: rider access varies by city and no standard consumer fare is published yet.

## Price

- **Currently free in Las Vegas (Zoox plans to begin charging in 2026)** (LimitedAvailability; USD)
- Currently free in Las Vegas; Zoox has said it will begin charging in 2026; no standard consumer fare is published yet.

Zoox rides are currently free in Las Vegas, where Zoox runs a public promotional service; the company has said it plans to begin charging in 2026. There is no published standard consumer fare yet, so DEPLOY shows none. This is pilot pricing, not a commercial rate.

## Cities served

- Las Vegas
- San Francisco

Rider access varies by city. Las Vegas: public rides, currently free in and around the Strip. San Francisco: invite-only through Zoox's Explorers Program. Los Angeles: Zoox has an active deployment in DEPLOY's registry, but public rides are not open yet (reporting points to a later launch). Zoox has also named Austin and Miami as next markets, in early rollout.

## Status

Zoox is owned by Amazon and operates purpose-built bidirectional vehicles with no steering wheel or driver position. The service is pilot-stage: real and operating, but narrower and earlier than Waymo's open commercial service. DEPLOY tracks each Zoox deployment in the registry; the records below are the source of truth for where it operates.

**Verified deployments:**

- [Zoox in Las Vegas (verified deployment)](https://registry.deploy.report/deployments/zoox-robotaxi-las-vegas)
- [Zoox in San Francisco (verified deployment)](https://registry.deploy.report/deployments/zoox-robotaxi-san-francisco)
- [Zoox in Los Angeles (active deployment; public rides not yet open)](https://registry.deploy.report/deployments/zoox-robotaxi-los-angeles)

## Zoox vs Waymo: which can you ride?

Waymo runs open commercial service in eleven cities. Zoox is pilot-stage: public in Las Vegas (currently free), invite-only in San Francisco, not yet open in Los Angeles. For an openly bookable robotaxi across most markets, Waymo is the broader option; Zoox is rideable today mainly in Las Vegas.

## The Zoox vehicle vs the Zoox service

Zoox's purpose-built robotaxi has no steering wheel and drives bidirectionally; it is not sold to consumers. What a consumer can access is the ride service, which is pilot-stage. The vehicle is the technology; the service is what you can ride.

## Compare services

| Service | Pricing | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Waymo One](/service/waymo) | ~$18-20/ride | stated (Open commercial, 11 metros) |
| [Tesla Robotaxi](/service/tesla-robotaxi) | $3 + $1.40/mi | verified (Supervised pilot, 4 metros) |

## Common questions

### Can I ride a Zoox?

In Las Vegas, yes: Zoox runs public rides, currently free. In San Francisco, only through the invite-only Explorers Program. In Los Angeles, not yet; a deployment exists but public rides are not open.

### How much does a Zoox ride cost?

Currently free in Las Vegas. Zoox has said it will begin charging in 2026; there is no published standard consumer fare yet.

### What cities is Zoox in?

Per DEPLOY's registry, Zoox has active deployments in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, with Austin and Miami named as next markets. Rider access varies: public in Las Vegas, invite-only in San Francisco, not yet open in Los Angeles.

### Who owns Zoox?

Amazon. Zoox is an Amazon subsidiary.

## How DEPLOY verified this

- [How DEPLOY tracks pricing](https://news.deploy.report/methodology/how-we-track-pricing)
- [How DEPLOY verifies deployment status](https://news.deploy.report/methodology/how-we-verify-deployment-status)

## Related reading

- [Deploy News: What is Zoox?](https://news.deploy.report/explainers/what-is-zoox)

## On the registry

- [Provider company](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/zoox.md)

_Canonical: https://deploy.report/service/zoox. Data as of 2026-06-01._