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Robotaxis in Austin · riding today

Yes · the deepest robotaxi metro in the country: Waymo, Tesla Robotaxi and Zoox all carry riders.

Who serves riders here

WaymoWaymo app (iOS / Android). In Austin and Atlanta you hail it inside the Uber app instead.The local quirk: you hail it inside the Uber app, not Waymo's own. Request a normal ride and Uber may offer a Waymo; its settings let you say yes to driverless every time or never.App Store ↗Google Play ↗waymo.com ↗The Waymo first-ride guide →

Tesla RobotaxiTesla Robotaxi app, separate from the Tesla car app (iOS since Sep 2025, Android since Apr 2026).Tesla's first market and the deepest one: unsupervised, nobody aboard, hailed from the Tesla Robotaxi app inside a downtown-centred geofence that has grown in steps.App Store ↗Google Play ↗The Tesla Robotaxi first-ride guide →

ZooxZoox app (iOS / Android).Free rides while it scales toward commercial service. Fixed pickup zones, not your doorstep.App Store ↗Google Play ↗zoox.com ↗The Zoox first-ride guide →

The airport leg

AUS · Austin-Bergstrom · no robotaxiStill a test route with a driver aboard, which cannot take commercial rides. Landing at AUS means a rideshare or the rental counter, whatever the rest of your trip uses.

Where the geofence ends

All three geofences end at the city. None of them reaches the Hill Country or the satellite towns, and none of them does the airport.

What a ride costs · shape, not quotes

Waymo ~$1.40-2.50/mi, typical ride ~$20, per mid-2026 reporting. Tesla Robotaxi ~$0.81/mi, typical ride ~$8, per mid-2026 reporting. Zoox aims at the comfort tier, roughly 20 to 40 percent over a plain UberX: base plus per-mile plus per-minute, quoted before you accept and locked even if the pod reroutes. All per reporting checked 2026-08-16, 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.

Rental math for AustinDay rate, charge plan and the return rule, set to your car and this metro.Plan the trip →Hill CountryPast the geofence · the Hill Country run is rental territory, and it has its own guide.The Hill Country guide →Dripping SpringsPast the geofence · the Dripping Springs run is rental territory, and it has its own guide.The Dripping Springs guide →

Statuses checked 2026-08-16 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.