Ride · riding today · checked yesterday
Robotaxis in Austin
Austin has driverless from Waymo and Tesla. Their guide first. We do not book.
Tesla's support page lists Model Y and Cybercab in the fleet and says the app assigns the vehicle by availability. Dated reporting from September 2026 places Cybercab rides in limited parts of Austin. Confirm the vehicle and map in the app.
Waymo (inside Uber) and Tesla Robotaxi carry riders, including Cybercab in limited parts of Austin. Zoox is on the road here but not a public hail.
Waymo · Tesla Robotaxi · Cybercab
Waymo's airport page lists no Austin airport, and Tesla's support page names no airport pickup.
Who hails: checked yesterday. How-to details checked 8 days ago, may be out of date. A ride is about 30 minutes, not a car for the day. A few hops inside the geofence can beat a rental day once parking and charging count. Many hops and the rental wins. Each app shows its price before you confirm. Waymo: Price shown in app. Tesla Robotaxi: Price shown in app. None of these are ours to promise.
A rental wins Wimberley, Dripping Springs, the Hill Country loops, and any morning with a flight to catch.
Group, kids, pets, airport
Pets · Service animals ride with every operator here. Pets do not. Zoox also turns away emotional support animals.
Waymo's airport page lists no Austin airport, and Tesla's support page names no airport pickup. Check the app for a live pickup pin before you count on it. Otherwise a rideshare or the rental counter.
Years later · FSD-class lease peek
After the hail
Own the FSD-class car
If unsupervised rides clicked, estimate a monthly Tesla lease in Austin. Numbers are payment floors · FSD (Supervised) is a Tesla software option, not inside these estimates.
- Model YSame class as many unsupervised fleets~$519/mo · 36
- Model 3Volume sedan · FSD is a Tesla option on top~$419/mo · 36
Estimates as of Oct 29 · Austin when we have a local mid · not a quote · Keep the class in Garage, or open Lease.
Who hails: checked yesterday · confirm in their app
Who hails: checked yesterday. Hail is live. Wait is on the road, not a public hail. A middot is nobody yet. Tap a cell for that city how-to.
Full guide · airport, geofence, fares
Yes · Waymo (inside Uber) and Tesla Robotaxi carry riders, including Cybercab in limited parts of Austin. Zoox is on the road here but not a public hail.
Austin
Who serves riders here
Also on the road, not hailable. Zoox lists Austin as on the way on zoox.com/where-to-ride, not live. That is not a ride you can book yet.
The airport leg
Where the geofence ends
Tesla covers the Austin metro, not just downtown. Waymo and Zoox still end at the city. The Hill Country and Wimberley stay outside. Airport curb is not a published pickup.
What a ride costs
How-to details checked 8 days ago, may be out of date. Waymo: Price shown in app. Tesla Robotaxi: Price shown in app. The app quote wins.
Where a rental still wins
Wimberley, Dripping Springs, the Hill Country loops, and any morning with a flight to catch.
Who hails was checked Oct 29 against the operators' own city lists; how-to details on Oct 22. Robotaxi facts age faster than the rest of the site: geofences grow, airports change their rules, and a free pilot starts charging. The operator app is ground truth · treat this page as the map, not the territory.