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San Francisco · ride · hail · 2026-09-09

Tesla Robotaxi

Runs with a safety driver under a charter permit · a driven taxi, not a robotaxi yet.

The Bay Area is the one Tesla market that still has a person aboard. Cybercab is not a Bay Area hail.

Tesla Robotaxi app, separate from the Tesla car app (iOS since Sep 2025, Android since Apr 2026). We do not book.

Live here
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Cybercab2 seats · Austin limited
Model Y hailOrdinary-looking Teslas
Pick the cab?App assigns it

Cybercab vs Robotaxi

Hail Cybercab in the Tesla Robotaxi app. You do not pick the cab; the app sends a Cybercab or an ordinary-looking Tesla by group size and availability. Two seats, no wheel or pedals. Confirm the vehicle in the app.

Cybercab rider hail is Live in limited parts of Austin only. Tesla Robotaxi still runs ordinary-looking Teslas in Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa.

Tesla Robotaxi prep is not a Cybercab hail: Phoenix is staged, Las Vegas has a Nevada permit for Clark County. Owner-op and retail Cybercab wait on Tesla's public open.

Cybercab · Live (limited)Austin
Cybercab · not yetDallas · Miami
Cybercab · nobodyLos Angeles · San Francisco · San Diego · Phoenix · Las Vegas · Denver · Seattle

Yes · Waymo is citywide, Zoox rides free while permits are pending, and Tesla still keeps a safety driver here.

How Tesla Robotaxi works anywhere · The San Francisco picture

The ride, in order

  1. Enter a destination inside the service area.You see an estimated fare and wait before you confirm.
  2. When it arrives, check the license plate against the one in the app before you touch the door.In limited parts of Austin the app may send a Cybercab (two seats, no wheel or pedals) or an ordinary-looking Tesla. Elsewhere unsupervised markets still look like Model Ys.
  3. Open the door, buckle up, tap Start Ride.
  4. Climate, music and seat position are yours from the app or the car's touchscreen.
  5. Pull Over is on the touchscreen and in the app; it stops at the nearest safe spot.
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How long it waitsIt holds the pickup for seven minutes, then the ride may cancel.Tesla said on 26 Aug 2026 that vehicle distribution and routing updates should cut wait times; confirm the live ETA in the app.
Worth knowingIn supervised markets a safety monitor rides in the front passenger seat.That seat is theirs, not yours.

What a ride costs

Runs with a safety driver under a charter permit · a driven taxi, not a robotaxi yet. The Bay Area is the one Tesla market that still has a person aboard. Cybercab is not a Bay Area hail.

Details from Tesla Robotaxi's own pages and dated reporting, checked 2026-09-09. The app is ground truth. Past the geofence the trip coach picks up · plan the rental half of the trip.

To hail, get their app

We stay on this page for the how-to. The hail itself is in Tesla Robotaxi.

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After the hail

Own the FSD-class car

If unsupervised rides clicked, sketch a monthly Tesla lease in San Francisco. Numbers are payment floors · FSD (Supervised) is a Tesla software option, not inside these comps.

Comps as of 2026-09-03 · San Francisco when we have a local mid · not a quote · Keep the class in Garage, or open Lease.

Open Garage · Lease bay

Open Tesla Robotaxi appKeep this city

Did you hail? Keep San Francisco · then Garage. How a first Tesla Robotaxi ride works · then their app.