Ride · today · riding today · 2026-09-09
Robotaxis in Austin
Austin has driverless from Waymo and Tesla. Their guide first. We do not book.
Cybercab, Tesla's two-seat purpose-built cab, hails in limited parts of Austin through the Tesla Robotaxi app. Other unsupervised markets still use ordinary-looking Teslas. Confirm the vehicle and outline 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
Zoox lists Austin as now arriving, not live, on zoox.com/where-to-ride. The 25 Mar 2026 journal still has rides for employees, family and friends. That is not a service you can hail.
No published Waymo curb at AUS.
Checked 2026-09-09. A ride is about 30 minutes, not a car for the day. One or two hops inside the geofence often beat a desk day rate once parking and charging count. Stack four and the rental wins. Fare shapes, not a quote. Waymo ~$1.40-2.50/mi, typical ride ~$20, per mid-2026 magnitude. Tesla Robotaxi ~$0.81/mi, typical ride ~$8, per mid-2026 magnitude. 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. Pets do not.
No published Waymo curb at AUS. Tesla's June 2026 metro map was reported to include the airport area; airport property is a separate permission, so confirm a live pickup pin in the Robotaxi app 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, sketch a monthly Tesla lease in Austin. Numbers are payment floors · FSD (Supervised) is a Tesla software option, not inside these comps.
- Model YSame class as many unsupervised fleets~$519/mo · 36
- Model 3Volume sedan · FSD is a Tesla option on top~$419/mo · 36
Comps as of 2026-09-03 · Austin when we have a local mid · not a quote · Keep the class in Garage, or open Lease.
Checked 2026-09-09 · confirm in their app
Checked 2026-09-09. 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 now arriving, not live, on zoox.com/where-to-ride. The 25 Mar 2026 journal still has rides for employees, family and friends. That is not a service you can hail.
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 · shape, not quotes
Checked 2026-09-09. Waymo ~$1.40-2.50/mi, typical ride ~$20, per mid-2026 magnitude. Tesla Robotaxi ~$0.81/mi, typical ride ~$8, per mid-2026 magnitude. All change without notice, and none of these are ours to promise · the app quotes before you confirm.
Where a rental still wins
Wimberley, Dripping Springs, the Hill Country loops, and any morning with a flight to catch.
Statuses checked 2026-09-09 against the operators' own city lists. 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.