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Robotaxi Fleets and Cities: Fleet Sizes, Paid Rides, Safety Operators and Permits

28 robotaxi services: fleet sizes, cities, paid rides, driverless miles, whether a safety driver or monitor rides along, permits and suspensions; 108 facts, each linked to its source.

Covers
10 Aug 2023 to 18 Oct 2026
Dated by when each event occurred
Calculated
18 Oct 2026, 20:07 UTC
Sources last checked 18 Oct 2026
Where it comes from
Operators' posts and filings, regulators (California DMV and CPUC, NHTSA) and major outlets, each linked with a verbatim quote kept in the dataset.
Method
Revision 1. Terms defined
CC BY 4.0, citing this report
Every figure as CSVJSON

What the data shows

  1. 1

    Waymo One is the most documented of the 28 robotaxi services (23 sourced facts).

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  2. 2

    Waymo One has the largest stated fleet: 4,000 vehicles.

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  3. 3

    15 statements on whether a safety driver or monitor rides along, across 12 services.

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    The most recent fact on record (16 Oct 2026): Waymo announced it is preparing a fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Toronto, with the goal of first riders in 2028, starting with manual mapping and specialist-supervised testing.

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Robotaxi services, their fleets and cities

How big is each robotaxi fleet, where does it run, and does a person still ride along?

ServiceFleetSourced facts
Waymo OneTechCrunchTexas vehicle registrations showed 1,102 Waymo autonomous vehicles in the state on September 24, 2026, up 49% in three weeks as Ojai minivans arrived.
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Apollo GoCnEVPostBaidu CEO Robin Li said on the Q1 2025 earnings call that the Apollo Go robotaxi fleet had reached 1,000 vehicles worldwide, operating in 15 cities.
16
WeRide RobotaxiWeRide (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)WeRide said that as of July 31, 2026 its L4 fleet was about 3,400 vehicles, including more than 1,800 robotaxis, of which about 400 were in the Middle East.
9
Tesla RobotaxiElectrekElectrek estimated Tesla's active unsupervised Robotaxi fleet at roughly 21 vehicles across Austin, Dallas, Tampa and Orlando in July 2026.
8
CruiseThe VergeCruise recalled 950 driverless vehicles with a software update after one of its robotaxis ran over and dragged a pedestrian.
7
Pony.ai RobotaxiPony.ai (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)Pony.ai said its global robotaxi fleet reached 1,975 vehicles, with a target of more than 3,500 by the end of 2026, and all Gen-7 models (BAIC, GAC and Toyota) in daily service.
7
Uber premium robotaxi (Lucid Gravity with Nuro Driver)TechCrunchUber's commitment grew to $500 million in Lucid and a minimum of 35,000 robotaxis: at least 10,000 Gravity SUVs and 25,000 vehicles on Lucid's midsize platform.
5
Zoox robotaxiCarscoopsZoox recalled its entire fleet of 105 robotaxis for a software update after one drove into heavy smoke at a Las Vegas fire scene on June 20, 2026.
5
Tesla Robotaxi (Bay Area)Electrekn/a
3
Waymo DriverWaymon/a
3
Zoox robotaxi (Las Vegas)TechCrunchn/a
3
Avride robotaxi on Uber (Dallas)TechCrunchn/a
2
New robotaxi permits in ChinaAutomotive Worldn/a
2
Lyft with May Mobility (Atlanta)May Mobilityn/a
1
May MobilityMay Mobilityn/a
1
May Mobility (Peachtree Corners)TechCrunchn/a
1
Mobileye robotaxi service (US)TechCrunchMobileye said it will run its own US robotaxi service and plans to scale to about 17,000 robotaxis over five years if the launch succeeds.
1
MOIA ALIKE autonomous ride-pooling (Hamburg)MOIAn/a
1
MOIA ID. Buzz AD on Uber (Los Angeles)TechCrunchn/a
1
Motional robotaxiTechCrunchn/a
1
Motional robotaxi on Uber (Las Vegas)TechCrunchn/a
1
Tesla Robotaxi (Clark County, Nevada)TechCrunchn/a
1
Uber autonomous ride-hailing (Clark County, Nevada)TechCrunchn/a
1
Uber with May Mobility (Arlington, Texas)May Mobilityn/a
1
Waymo Hyundai IONIQ 5 fleetWaymon/a
1
Wayve robotaxi on Uber (London)TechCrunchn/a
1
Zoox robotaxi (San Francisco)Automotive Worldn/a
1
Zoox test fleet (Atlanta)TechCrunchn/a
1

Base: 28 robotaxi services, 108 facts, each linked to the page that states it (reviewed 18 Oct 2026).

Fleet sizes and ride counts are as each operator or regulator states them.

Credit: compiled by RobotTraining.jobs Research, Robotaxi Fleets and Cities: Fleet Sizes, Paid Rides, Safety Operators and Permits, checked 18 Oct 2026.

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Robotaxi fleets by size

Which robotaxi operators run the most vehicles?

ServiceVehicles
Waymo OneTechCrunch
4,000
Pony.ai RobotaxiPony.ai (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)
1,975
WeRide RobotaxiWeRide (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)
1,800
Apollo GoCnEVPost
1,000
CruiseThe Verge
950
Zoox robotaxiCarscoops
105

Base: 6 robotaxi services with a stated figure; each row is the largest one on record for it.

The largest stated fleet for each service (a recall filing counts the fleet it covers); purchase commitments, plans and outside estimates are left out.

Credit: compiled by RobotTraining.jobs Research, Robotaxi Fleets and Cities: Fleet Sizes, Paid Rides, Safety Operators and Permits, checked 18 Oct 2026.

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Paid rides and driverless miles

How many paid rides and driverless miles has each service reported?

ServiceAs stated
May MobilityMay MobilityMay Mobility said it had completed more than 550,000 commercial autonomous rides across 1.1 million miles in the US and Japan, including three driver-out deployments.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Baidu's Q2 2026 results put Apollo Go's cumulative fully driverless distance above 240 million km, out of 350 million autonomous km, across a 28-city footprint.
Zoox robotaxi (Las Vegas)CNBCZoox said it would start charging fares for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas on Aug. 10, 2026, its first commercial market.
Tesla RobotaxiThe Motley FoolTesla said its Robotaxi fleet had driven more than 380,000 unsupervised miles across six cities in two states by its Q2 2026 earnings call.
Tesla RobotaxiElectrekTesla's Q2 2026 update showed cumulative paid Robotaxi miles past 2.4 million; Electrek calculated about 900,000 paid miles added in each of Q1 and Q2 2026.
Waymo DriverWaymoWaymo's safety data covered over 270 million miles of fully autonomous operations through the end of June 2026.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Baidu said Apollo Go delivered 3.2 million fully driverless operational rides in the first quarter of 2026, with weekly rides peaking above 350,000 in March 2026.
Waymo OneTechCrunchWaymo said in a post on X that it was providing 500,000 paid robotaxi rides every week across 10 U.S. cities, up from 50,000 a week in May 2024.
Zoox robotaxiTechCrunchZoox said its robotaxis had driven nearly two million autonomous miles and carried over 350,000 riders to date.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Baidu said Apollo Go delivered 3.4 million fully driverless operational rides in the fourth quarter of 2025, with weekly rides peaking above 300,000.
Waymo DriverWaymoWaymo said its 6th-generation Driver builds on nearly 200 million fully autonomous miles driven across 10+ major cities.
Waymo OneWaymoWaymo said it more than tripled its annual volume to 15 million rides in 2025, passing 20 million lifetime rides.
Waymo OneWaymoWaymo said it was providing more than 400,000 rides every week across six major U.S. metropolitan areas when it closed a $16 billion round.
Waymo OneCNBCWaymo crossed 450,000 weekly paid rides, according to an investor letter from Tiger Global seen by CNBC.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Baidu said Apollo Go provided 3.1 million fully driverless operational rides in the third quarter of 2025, with year over year growth of 212%.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Baidu said Apollo Go's weekly average of fully driverless operational rides exceeded 250,000 in October 2025.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Baidu said Apollo Go provided over 2.2 million fully driverless rides in the second quarter of 2025, a 148% year over year increase.
Waymo DriverGoogle (Alphabet)Alphabet said the Waymo Driver had autonomously driven over 100 million miles on public roads.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Baidu said Apollo Go provided over 1.4 million rides in the first quarter of 2025, up 75% year over year.
Waymo OneGoogle (Alphabet)Alphabet said Waymo was serving over 250,000 paid passenger trips each week, five times the level of a year earlier.

Base: 20 facts from 7 robotaxi services.

Credit: compiled by RobotTraining.jobs Research, Robotaxi Fleets and Cities: Fleet Sizes, Paid Rides, Safety Operators and Permits, checked 18 Oct 2026.

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Safety drivers and monitors

Which services still put a person in or beside the vehicle?

ServiceAs stated
Pony.ai RobotaxiPony.ai (PR Newswire via Finviz)Pony.ai and Verne started fully driverless robotaxi test rides with invited passengers on a 22 km public route in Zagreb, moving on from commercial service with an onboard AV operator.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Apollo Go and Freenow by Lyft began road testing in London's borough of Brent with safety operators on board, with public riders planned from 2027 subject to approvals.
Tesla Robotaxi (Bay Area)ElectrekAs of July 2026 every Tesla Robotaxi ride in California still carried a Tesla employee in the car as a safety monitor.
Waymo Hyundai IONIQ 5 fleetWaymoWaymo began driving its Hyundai IONIQ 5 vehicles autonomously with an autonomous specialist present, as a validation phase before fully autonomous operations.
Waymo OneWaymoWaymo said it would soon drive fully autonomously, with no human specialist behind the wheel, in San Diego, Las Vegas, Tampa and Denver, first for employees.
Wayve robotaxi on Uber (London)TechCrunchUber opened a UK interest list for Wayve robotaxis in London and said they will start with a human safety operator behind the wheel, with launch date pending regulatory approval.
Avride robotaxi on Uber (Dallas)TechCrunchNHTSA opened an investigation into Avride after 16 crashes, all while its vehicles had a safety monitor in the driver's seat, many of them in Dallas.
Uber premium robotaxi (Lucid Gravity with Nuro Driver)TechCrunchSelect Uber employees could hail Nuro-driven Lucid Gravity robotaxis in San Francisco, with a human safety operator behind the wheel; Nuro had 100 Gravity SUVs in its engineering fleet.
MOIA ID. Buzz AD on Uber (Los Angeles)TechCrunchMOIA America and Uber began testing autonomous ID. Buzz microbuses in Los Angeles ahead of a late-2026 launch with a human safety operator on board; driverless operation is expected in 2027.
WeRide RobotaxiWeRide (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)WeRide and Grab began public Ai.R autonomous rides in Singapore's Punggol with safety operators on board during the initial phase; 14 Grab driver-partners had been certified as safety operators.
WeRide RobotaxiWeRide (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)WeRide and Uber's new commercial robotaxi service in downtown Abu Dhabi runs with a vehicle specialist on board as a phased step toward fully driverless operation.
Tesla RobotaxiCNBCTesla began running a small number of Austin Robotaxi rides with no safety monitor in the car, mixed into a fleet that otherwise kept safety monitors.
Lyft with May Mobility (Atlanta)May MobilityLyft and May Mobility launched autonomous rides in Midtown Atlanta with a standby operator in each vehicle who can take the wheel.
Tesla RobotaxiTechCrunchAt the Austin launch, a Tesla employee rode in the front passenger seat of every Robotaxi as a safety monitor.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Baidu said Apollo Go began offering 100% fully driverless ride-hailing, with no safety driver, in practically the entire Wuhan municipality, its largest operating city.

Base: 15 facts from 12 robotaxi services.

These are the in-vehicle and remote operator jobs this site lists.

Credit: compiled by RobotTraining.jobs Research, Robotaxi Fleets and Cities: Fleet Sizes, Paid Rides, Safety Operators and Permits, checked 18 Oct 2026.

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Permits and suspensions

Which permits allow each service, and which were suspended?

ServiceAs stated
Zoox test fleet (Atlanta)TechCrunchZoox grounded its Atlanta autonomous test fleet after safety drivers reported possible gas exposure inside the test vehicles; its purpose-built robotaxis were not affected.
Zoox robotaxi (Las Vegas)TechCrunchA Nevada regulatory cap limiting Zoox to 100 robotaxis was set to expire in September 2026, letting it grow its Las Vegas fleet.
WeRide RobotaxiWeRide (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)WeRide, Uber and AVOMO received Spain's first national permit for Level 4 autonomous passenger vehicles on public roads from the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT), allowing mapping and readiness testing in Madrid ahead of a commercial launch.
Tesla Robotaxi (Clark County, Nevada)TechCrunchThe Nevada Transportation Authority approved a permit letting Tesla deploy up to 5,000 robotaxis in Clark County over the next 12 months.
Uber autonomous ride-hailing (Clark County, Nevada)TechCrunchThe Nevada Transportation Authority approved Uber to operate up to 1,000 robotaxis in Clark County through its partners Motional and Zoox.
Waymo OneTechCrunchThe Nevada Transportation Authority approved Waymo to operate up to 1,000 autonomous vehicles in Clark County over the next year, ahead of its Las Vegas launch.
Waymo OneElectrekWaymo said the CPUC approved its largest expansion yet, covering 18 California counties from Sonoma to San Diego, including new markets in Sacramento and San Diego.
Zoox robotaxiTechCrunchNHTSA granted Zoox the first commercial exemption for a purpose-built robotaxi, allowing paid rides and capping its commercial fleet at 2,500 vehicles a year for two years.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Apollo Go received the first fully driverless trial permit from Hong Kong's Transport Department on July 23, 2026, and began testing without an onboard safety operator on Airport Island on July 27.
New robotaxi permits in ChinaAutomotive WorldChina resumed issuing robotaxi permits city by city after a freeze in place since April 29, 2026, with Momenta and Baidu among the first recipients, according to people cited by Bloomberg.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)AmiGo, the Apollo Go and PostBus service, received a special permit from Switzerland's Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) for Level 4 operations in Eastern Switzerland; trials still run with a safety operator on board, and regular fully driverless operations are expected in early 2027.
Waymo OneTechCrunchWaymo paused service in four cities (Atlanta, San Antonio, Dallas and Houston) as its robotaxis struggled with heavy rain and flooded roads, after a flood-related software recall.
Waymo OneTechCrunchWaymo suspended freeway service in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Miami to improve performance in construction zones; it began restoring freeway routes on July 29, 2026.
Uber premium robotaxi (Lucid Gravity with Nuro Driver)TechCrunchThe California DMV modified Nuro's driverless testing permit to cover Lucid Gravity SUVs; a CPUC driverless ride-hail permit and a DMV deployment permit were still needed.
Apollo GoCnEVPostAfter a mass stall of Apollo Go robotaxis in Wuhan on the night of March 31, 2026 that police blamed on a system failure, Bloomberg reported that Baidu's Wuhan robotaxi operations were suspended while local authorities investigated.
New robotaxi permits in ChinaCnEVPostBloomberg reported that China suspended issuing new robotaxi permits after the Baidu Wuhan outage, which stops companies adding robotaxis to fleets, starting new test projects or entering new cities.
Tesla Robotaxi (Bay Area)CBT NewsIn February 2026 Tesla still held only California's entry-level drivered testing permit, and a DMV spokesperson said it had not applied for driverless permits.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) gave Apollo Go the emirate's first driverless trial permit, allowing fully autonomous vehicles on designated public roads without a human safety driver.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Apollo Go and its partner AutoGo won one of Abu Dhabi's inaugural fully driverless commercial robotaxi permits, issued by the Integrated Transport Centre (ITC).
WeRide RobotaxiWeRide (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)WeRide received a driverless robotaxi permit for passenger service from Switzerland's Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) in November 2025, covering a 110 km operating area in Greater Zurich, which it called the first in Europe.
Pony.ai RobotaxiPony.ai (PR Newswire via Finviz)Pony.ai and taxi operator Xihu Group were jointly granted Shenzhen's first citywide permit for fully driverless commercial robotaxi operations.
WeRide RobotaxiWeRide (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)WeRide said it secured, in October 2025, the first city-level fully driverless robotaxi commercial permit outside the US, in Abu Dhabi, removing the requirement for an in-vehicle safety officer.
Zoox robotaxiTechCrunchNHTSA gave Zoox an exemption to demonstrate its purpose-built robotaxis (no steering wheel or pedals) on public roads, but not to run them commercially.
Tesla Robotaxi (Bay Area)TechCrunchThe California Public Utilities Commission said Tesla held only a charter-party permit for human-driven cars and had neither approval nor an application to carry passengers in autonomous vehicles, paid or unpaid.
CruiseGeneral MotorsGeneral Motors said it would no longer fund Cruise's robotaxi development and would fold Cruise into GM's personal-vehicle autonomy work, ending the robotaxi service.
Motional robotaxiTechCrunchMotional paused all commercial operations and pushed its planned driverless taxi launch to 2026, after Hyundai agreed to put close to $1 billion into the company.
Waymo OneABC7 San FranciscoThe CPUC approved Waymo's request to expand driverless operations to parts of Los Angeles and the San Francisco Peninsula.
CruiseCalifornia DMVThe California DMV suspended Cruise's autonomous vehicle deployment and driverless testing permits, effective immediately, after the October 2 pedestrian crash.
CruiseTechCrunchThe CPUC suspended Cruise's authority to carry and charge passengers in its robotaxi service, following the DMV suspension.
CruiseCNBCCruise grounded all of its driverless operations nationwide, including in Arizona, Florida and Texas, after the San Francisco pedestrian crash.
CruiseAssociated Press (via News4JAX)After a Cruise robotaxi collided with an emergency vehicle, the California DMV had Cruise cut its San Francisco fleet in half, to no more than 50 driverless vehicles by day and 150 at night.
CruiseCNBCThe CPUC approved Cruise's 24/7 paid robotaxi service in San Francisco in a 3 to 1 vote, alongside Waymo's.
Waymo OneWaymoWaymo received its driverless deployment permit from the California Public Utilities Commission, the last step before charging fares for fully autonomous rides in San Francisco.

Base: 33 facts from 14 robotaxi services.

Credit: compiled by RobotTraining.jobs Research, Robotaxi Fleets and Cities: Fleet Sizes, Paid Rides, Safety Operators and Permits, checked 18 Oct 2026.

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Every sourced fact

What exactly has been published about each robotaxi service?

ServiceKindFact
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Driverless milesBaidu's Q2 2026 results put Apollo Go's cumulative fully driverless distance above 240 million km, out of 350 million autonomous km, across a 28-city footprint.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Safety operatorApollo Go and Freenow by Lyft began road testing in London's borough of Brent with safety operators on board, with public riders planned from 2027 subject to approvals.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)PermitApollo Go received the first fully driverless trial permit from Hong Kong's Transport Department on July 23, 2026, and began testing without an onboard safety operator on Airport Island on July 27.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)PermitAmiGo, the Apollo Go and PostBus service, received a special permit from Switzerland's Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) for Level 4 operations in Eastern Switzerland; trials still run with a safety operator on board, and regular fully driverless operations are expected in early 2027.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Paid ridesBaidu said Apollo Go delivered 3.2 million fully driverless operational rides in the first quarter of 2026, with weekly rides peaking above 350,000 in March 2026.
Apollo GoCnEVPostSuspensionAfter a mass stall of Apollo Go robotaxis in Wuhan on the night of March 31, 2026 that police blamed on a system failure, Bloomberg reported that Baidu's Wuhan robotaxi operations were suspended while local authorities investigated.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)City launchApollo Go launched a fully driverless commercial ride-hailing service in Dubai through its own app, its first app deployment outside China, and in August 2026 added rides through the Uber app.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Paid ridesBaidu said Apollo Go delivered 3.4 million fully driverless operational rides in the fourth quarter of 2025, with weekly rides peaking above 300,000.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)PermitDubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) gave Apollo Go the emirate's first driverless trial permit, allowing fully autonomous vehicles on designated public roads without a human safety driver.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Paid ridesBaidu said Apollo Go provided 3.1 million fully driverless operational rides in the third quarter of 2025, with year over year growth of 212%.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)PermitApollo Go and its partner AutoGo won one of Abu Dhabi's inaugural fully driverless commercial robotaxi permits, issued by the Integrated Transport Centre (ITC).
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Paid ridesBaidu said Apollo Go's weekly average of fully driverless operational rides exceeded 250,000 in October 2025.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Paid ridesBaidu said Apollo Go provided over 2.2 million fully driverless rides in the second quarter of 2025, a 148% year over year increase.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Paid ridesBaidu said Apollo Go provided over 1.4 million rides in the first quarter of 2025, up 75% year over year.
Apollo GoCnEVPostFleet sizeBaidu CEO Robin Li said on the Q1 2025 earnings call that the Apollo Go robotaxi fleet had reached 1,000 vehicles worldwide, operating in 15 cities.
Apollo GoBaidu (PR Newswire)Safety operatorBaidu said Apollo Go began offering 100% fully driverless ride-hailing, with no safety driver, in practically the entire Wuhan municipality, its largest operating city.
Avride robotaxi on Uber (Dallas)TechCrunchSafety operatorNHTSA opened an investigation into Avride after 16 crashes, all while its vehicles had a safety monitor in the driver's seat, many of them in Dallas.
Avride robotaxi on Uber (Dallas)TechCrunchCity launchUber and Avride launched a commercial robotaxi service in Dallas in a nine-square-mile area including downtown, using Hyundai Ioniq 5s with a human safety operator behind the wheel.
CruiseGeneral MotorsSuspensionGeneral Motors said it would no longer fund Cruise's robotaxi development and would fold Cruise into GM's personal-vehicle autonomy work, ending the robotaxi service.
CruiseThe VergeFleet sizeCruise recalled 950 driverless vehicles with a software update after one of its robotaxis ran over and dragged a pedestrian.
CruiseCalifornia DMVSuspensionThe California DMV suspended Cruise's autonomous vehicle deployment and driverless testing permits, effective immediately, after the October 2 pedestrian crash.
CruiseTechCrunchSuspensionThe CPUC suspended Cruise's authority to carry and charge passengers in its robotaxi service, following the DMV suspension.
CruiseCNBCSuspensionCruise grounded all of its driverless operations nationwide, including in Arizona, Florida and Texas, after the San Francisco pedestrian crash.
CruiseAssociated Press (via News4JAX)SuspensionAfter a Cruise robotaxi collided with an emergency vehicle, the California DMV had Cruise cut its San Francisco fleet in half, to no more than 50 driverless vehicles by day and 150 at night.
CruiseCNBCPermitThe CPUC approved Cruise's 24/7 paid robotaxi service in San Francisco in a 3 to 1 vote, alongside Waymo's.
Lyft with May Mobility (Atlanta)May MobilitySafety operatorLyft and May Mobility launched autonomous rides in Midtown Atlanta with a standby operator in each vehicle who can take the wheel.
May MobilityMay MobilityPaid ridesMay Mobility said it had completed more than 550,000 commercial autonomous rides across 1.1 million miles in the US and Japan, including three driver-out deployments.
May Mobility (Peachtree Corners)TechCrunchCity launchMay Mobility launched its first fully driverless commercial ride-hail service in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, on a 4-mile AV road.
Mobileye robotaxi service (US)TechCrunchFleet sizeMobileye said it will run its own US robotaxi service and plans to scale to about 17,000 robotaxis over five years if the launch succeeds.
MOIA ALIKE autonomous ride-pooling (Hamburg)MOIACity launchMOIA opened free passenger test rides in self-driving ID. Buzz AD vans with Mobileye's system to pre-registered Hamburg residents, each ride accompanied by a trained safety operator.
MOIA ID. Buzz AD on Uber (Los Angeles)TechCrunchSafety operatorMOIA America and Uber began testing autonomous ID. Buzz microbuses in Los Angeles ahead of a late-2026 launch with a human safety operator on board; driverless operation is expected in 2027.
Motional robotaxiTechCrunchSuspensionMotional paused all commercial operations and pushed its planned driverless taxi launch to 2026, after Hyundai agreed to put close to $1 billion into the company.
Motional robotaxi on Uber (Las Vegas)TechCrunchCity launchMotional's self-driving Ioniq 5 became hailable on the Uber app for rides to and from five areas of Las Vegas, with a safety monitor in the car and driverless service targeted by the end of 2026.
New robotaxi permits in ChinaAutomotive WorldPermitChina resumed issuing robotaxi permits city by city after a freeze in place since April 29, 2026, with Momenta and Baidu among the first recipients, according to people cited by Bloomberg.
New robotaxi permits in ChinaCnEVPostSuspensionBloomberg reported that China suspended issuing new robotaxi permits after the Baidu Wuhan outage, which stops companies adding robotaxis to fleets, starting new test projects or entering new cities.
Pony.ai RobotaxiPony.ai (PR Newswire via Finviz)Safety operatorPony.ai and Verne started fully driverless robotaxi test rides with invited passengers on a 22 km public route in Zagreb, moving on from commercial service with an onboard AV operator.
Pony.ai RobotaxiPony.ai (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)Fleet sizePony.ai said its global robotaxi fleet reached 1,975 vehicles, with a target of more than 3,500 by the end of 2026, and all Gen-7 models (BAIC, GAC and Toyota) in daily service.
Pony.ai RobotaxiPony.ai (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)Fleet sizePony.ai said its robotaxi fleet exceeded 1,700 units and raised its year-end 2026 fleet target from 3,000 to over 3,500 units.
Pony.ai RobotaxiPony.ai (PR Newswire)City launchPony.ai's robotaxi program with Verne and Uber began commercial service in Zagreb, Croatia, which the companies called Europe's first commercial robotaxi service; it ran with an onboard AV operator.
Pony.ai RobotaxiPony.ai (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)Fleet sizePony.ai said its total robotaxi fleet passed 1,400 units (1,446 vehicles produced as of March 25, 2026) and set a target above 3,000 by the end of 2026.
Pony.ai RobotaxiPony.ai (PR Newswire via Finviz)PermitPony.ai and taxi operator Xihu Group were jointly granted Shenzhen's first citywide permit for fully driverless commercial robotaxi operations.
Pony.ai RobotaxiPony.ai (via Seeking Alpha)City launchPony.ai said it started fully driverless commercial robotaxi service to the public in Shanghai's Pudong New Area in July 2025, which it said made it the only company running fully driverless commercial robotaxis in all four of China's tier-one cities.
Tesla RobotaxiThe Motley FoolDriverless milesTesla said its Robotaxi fleet had driven more than 380,000 unsupervised miles across six cities in two states by its Q2 2026 earnings call.
Tesla RobotaxiElectrekPaid ridesTesla's Q2 2026 update showed cumulative paid Robotaxi miles past 2.4 million; Electrek calculated about 900,000 paid miles added in each of Q1 and Q2 2026.
Tesla RobotaxiElectrekFleet sizeElectrek estimated Tesla's active unsupervised Robotaxi fleet at roughly 21 vehicles across Austin, Dallas, Tampa and Orlando in July 2026.
Tesla RobotaxiElectrekCity launchTesla added Robotaxi service areas in Tampa and Orlando on July 21, 2026, after a Miami launch earlier that month, without saying how many vehicles serve them.
Tesla RobotaxiElectrekCity launchTesla announced its Robotaxi service rolling out in Dallas and Houston, its first expansion beyond Austin and the San Francisco Bay Area, with small geofences and no disclosed vehicle count.
Tesla RobotaxiCNBCSafety operatorTesla began running a small number of Austin Robotaxi rides with no safety monitor in the car, mixed into a fleet that otherwise kept safety monitors.
Tesla RobotaxiTechCrunchCity launchTesla began giving invite-only Robotaxi rides in Model Y SUVs in Austin, Texas, on June 22, 2025, starting with about ten cars.
Tesla RobotaxiTechCrunchSafety operatorAt the Austin launch, a Tesla employee rode in the front passenger seat of every Robotaxi as a safety monitor.
Tesla Robotaxi (Bay Area)ElectrekSafety operatorAs of July 2026 every Tesla Robotaxi ride in California still carried a Tesla employee in the car as a safety monitor.
Tesla Robotaxi (Bay Area)CBT NewsPermitIn February 2026 Tesla still held only California's entry-level drivered testing permit, and a DMV spokesperson said it had not applied for driverless permits.
Tesla Robotaxi (Bay Area)TechCrunchPermitThe California Public Utilities Commission said Tesla held only a charter-party permit for human-driven cars and had neither approval nor an application to carry passengers in autonomous vehicles, paid or unpaid.
Tesla Robotaxi (Clark County, Nevada)TechCrunchPermitThe Nevada Transportation Authority approved a permit letting Tesla deploy up to 5,000 robotaxis in Clark County over the next 12 months.
Uber autonomous ride-hailing (Clark County, Nevada)TechCrunchPermitThe Nevada Transportation Authority approved Uber to operate up to 1,000 robotaxis in Clark County through its partners Motional and Zoox.
Uber premium robotaxi (Lucid Gravity with Nuro Driver)TechCrunchCity launchUber plans to launch its Lucid and Nuro premium robotaxi service in Houston by mid-2027, its second US market after the San Francisco Bay Area.
Uber premium robotaxi (Lucid Gravity with Nuro Driver)TechCrunchFleet sizeUber's commitment grew to $500 million in Lucid and a minimum of 35,000 robotaxis: at least 10,000 Gravity SUVs and 25,000 vehicles on Lucid's midsize platform.
Uber premium robotaxi (Lucid Gravity with Nuro Driver)TechCrunchPermitThe California DMV modified Nuro's driverless testing permit to cover Lucid Gravity SUVs; a CPUC driverless ride-hail permit and a DMV deployment permit were still needed.
Uber premium robotaxi (Lucid Gravity with Nuro Driver)TechCrunchSafety operatorSelect Uber employees could hail Nuro-driven Lucid Gravity robotaxis in San Francisco, with a human safety operator behind the wheel; Nuro had 100 Gravity SUVs in its engineering fleet.
Uber premium robotaxi (Lucid Gravity with Nuro Driver)TechCrunchFleet sizeUber agreed to invest $300 million in Lucid and buy at least 20,000 Lucid Gravity SUVs fitted with Nuro's self-driving system over six years.
Uber with May Mobility (Arlington, Texas)May MobilityCity launchMay Mobility's Uber launch in Arlington, Texas, first planned for the end of 2025, was targeted for Q4 2026 or Q1 2027 as of September 2026.
Waymo DriverWaymoDriverless milesWaymo's safety data covered over 270 million miles of fully autonomous operations through the end of June 2026.
Waymo DriverWaymoDriverless milesWaymo said its 6th-generation Driver builds on nearly 200 million fully autonomous miles driven across 10+ major cities.
Waymo DriverGoogle (Alphabet)Driverless milesAlphabet said the Waymo Driver had autonomously driven over 100 million miles on public roads.
Waymo Hyundai IONIQ 5 fleetWaymoSafety operatorWaymo began driving its Hyundai IONIQ 5 vehicles autonomously with an autonomous specialist present, as a validation phase before fully autonomous operations.
Waymo OneWaymoCity launchWaymo announced it is preparing a fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Toronto, with the goal of first riders in 2028, starting with manual mapping and specialist-supervised testing.
Waymo OneTechCrunchFleet sizeTexas vehicle registrations showed 1,102 Waymo autonomous vehicles in the state on September 24, 2026, up 49% in three weeks as Ojai minivans arrived.
Waymo OneWaymoCity launchWaymo opened fully autonomous rides to its first public riders in Las Vegas, its 15th U.S. market, starting with dozens of Ojai minivans.
Waymo OneWaymoCity launchWaymo, Nihon Kotsu and GO agreed to prepare a commercial launch of an unmanned Tokyo ride-hailing service in 2027.
Waymo OneWaymoCity launchWaymo began welcoming its first public riders in Denver, San Diego and Tampa, bringing it to 14 cities with fully autonomous trips.
Waymo OneTechCrunchPermitThe Nevada Transportation Authority approved Waymo to operate up to 1,000 autonomous vehicles in Clark County over the next year, ahead of its Las Vegas launch.
Waymo OneElectrekPermitWaymo said the CPUC approved its largest expansion yet, covering 18 California counties from Sonoma to San Diego, including new markets in Sacramento and San Diego.
Waymo OneWaymoSafety operatorWaymo said it would soon drive fully autonomously, with no human specialist behind the wheel, in San Diego, Las Vegas, Tampa and Denver, first for employees.
Waymo OneTechCrunchFleet sizeA June 2026 recall filing with NHTSA covered Waymo's fleet of nearly 4,000 robotaxis, after at least 13 cases of driving into highway sections closed for construction.
Waymo OneTechCrunchSuspensionWaymo paused service in four cities (Atlanta, San Antonio, Dallas and Houston) as its robotaxis struggled with heavy rain and flooded roads, after a flood-related software recall.
Waymo OneTechCrunchSuspensionWaymo suspended freeway service in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Miami to improve performance in construction zones; it began restoring freeway routes on July 29, 2026.
Waymo OneTechCrunchPaid ridesWaymo said in a post on X that it was providing 500,000 paid robotaxi rides every week across 10 U.S. cities, up from 50,000 a week in May 2024.
Waymo OneWaymoPaid ridesWaymo said it more than tripled its annual volume to 15 million rides in 2025, passing 20 million lifetime rides.
Waymo OneWaymoPaid ridesWaymo said it was providing more than 400,000 rides every week across six major U.S. metropolitan areas when it closed a $16 billion round.
Waymo OneCNBCCity launchWaymo opened its robotaxi service to paying riders in Miami, its sixth market and first new market of 2026, in a 60-square-mile area.
Waymo OneCNBCPaid ridesWaymo crossed 450,000 weekly paid rides, according to an investor letter from Tiger Global seen by CNBC.
Waymo OneTechCrunchFleet sizeData Waymo gave NHTSA in December 2025 showed 3,067 robotaxis equipped with its 5th generation self-driving system.
Waymo OneGoogle (Alphabet)City launchAlphabet said Waymo aimed to open service in London in 2026 and was working to bring service to Tokyo.
Waymo OneGoogle (Alphabet)City launchWaymo launched in Atlanta (through Uber) and more than doubled its Austin service territory.
Waymo OneWaymoFleet sizeWaymo said its commercial fleet had grown to over 1,500 vehicles across San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Austin, with over 2,000 more I-PACEs to be built through 2026.
Waymo OneGoogle (Alphabet)Paid ridesAlphabet said Waymo was serving over 250,000 paid passenger trips each week, five times the level of a year earlier.
Waymo OneABC7 San FranciscoPermitThe CPUC approved Waymo's request to expand driverless operations to parts of Los Angeles and the San Francisco Peninsula.
Waymo OneWaymoPermitWaymo received its driverless deployment permit from the California Public Utilities Commission, the last step before charging fares for fully autonomous rides in San Francisco.
Wayve robotaxi on Uber (London)TechCrunchSafety operatorUber opened a UK interest list for Wayve robotaxis in London and said they will start with a human safety operator behind the wheel, with launch date pending regulatory approval.
WeRide RobotaxiWeRide (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)PermitWeRide, Uber and AVOMO received Spain's first national permit for Level 4 autonomous passenger vehicles on public roads from the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT), allowing mapping and readiness testing in Madrid ahead of a commercial launch.
WeRide RobotaxiWeRide (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)Fleet sizeWeRide said that as of July 31, 2026 its L4 fleet was about 3,400 vehicles, including more than 1,800 robotaxis, of which about 400 were in the Middle East.
WeRide RobotaxiWeRide (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)City launchWeRide and Uber launched fully driverless robotaxi fare-charging operations in Dubai, bookable through the Uber app, after the RTA gave WeRide a driverless trial permit in February 2026.
WeRide RobotaxiWeRide (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)Safety operatorWeRide and Grab began public Ai.R autonomous rides in Singapore's Punggol with safety operators on board during the initial phase; 14 Grab driver-partners had been certified as safety operators.
WeRide RobotaxiWeRide (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)Fleet sizeWeRide said its global robotaxi fleet had reached 1,125 vehicles, and projected 2,600 by the end of 2026.
WeRide RobotaxiWeRide (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)Safety operatorWeRide and Uber's new commercial robotaxi service in downtown Abu Dhabi runs with a vehicle specialist on board as a phased step toward fully driverless operation.
WeRide RobotaxiWeRide (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)City launchWeRide and Uber launched fully driverless Level 4 robotaxi commercial operations in Abu Dhabi in November 2025, starting on Yas Island.
WeRide RobotaxiWeRide (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)PermitWeRide received a driverless robotaxi permit for passenger service from Switzerland's Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) in November 2025, covering a 110 km operating area in Greater Zurich, which it called the first in Europe.
WeRide RobotaxiWeRide (GlobeNewswire via Finviz)PermitWeRide said it secured, in October 2025, the first city-level fully driverless robotaxi commercial permit outside the US, in Abu Dhabi, removing the requirement for an in-vehicle safety officer.
Zoox robotaxiTechCrunchPermitNHTSA granted Zoox the first commercial exemption for a purpose-built robotaxi, allowing paid rides and capping its commercial fleet at 2,500 vehicles a year for two years.
Zoox robotaxiCarscoopsFleet sizeZoox recalled its entire fleet of 105 robotaxis for a software update after one drove into heavy smoke at a Las Vegas fire scene on June 20, 2026.
Zoox robotaxiTechCrunchCity launchZoox said it was bringing its purpose-built robotaxis to Austin and Miami and quadrupling its San Francisco service area.
Zoox robotaxiTechCrunchDriverless milesZoox said its robotaxis had driven nearly two million autonomous miles and carried over 350,000 riders to date.
Zoox robotaxiTechCrunchPermitNHTSA gave Zoox an exemption to demonstrate its purpose-built robotaxis (no steering wheel or pedals) on public roads, but not to run them commercially.
Zoox robotaxi (Las Vegas)TechCrunchPermitA Nevada regulatory cap limiting Zoox to 100 robotaxis was set to expire in September 2026, letting it grow its Las Vegas fleet.
Zoox robotaxi (Las Vegas)CNBCPaid ridesZoox said it would start charging fares for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas on Aug. 10, 2026, its first commercial market.
Zoox robotaxi (Las Vegas)TechCrunchCity launchZoox opened its driverless robotaxi service on the Las Vegas Strip to any adult with the Zoox app, with rides free at first.
Zoox robotaxi (San Francisco)Automotive WorldCity launchZoox began offering free robotaxi rides to members of the public in San Francisco, two months after Las Vegas, while California regulators reviewed its application to charge fares.
Zoox test fleet (Atlanta)TechCrunchSuspensionZoox grounded its Atlanta autonomous test fleet after safety drivers reported possible gas exposure inside the test vehicles; its purpose-built robotaxis were not affected.

Base: All 108 facts. "Reported" means an outlet reports it from sources the company has not confirmed.

Amounts stay in the currency and form their source gives; nothing is converted or totalled.

Credit: compiled by RobotTraining.jobs Research, Robotaxi Fleets and Cities: Fleet Sizes, Paid Rides, Safety Operators and Permits, checked 18 Oct 2026.

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@misc{robottrainingjobs_robotaxi_fleets_and_cities_live,
  author = {{RobotTraining.jobs}},
  title = {Robotaxi Fleets and Cities: Fleet Sizes, Paid Rides, Safety Operators and Permits (live data, 10 Aug 2023 to 18 Oct 2026)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://robottraining.jobs/research/robotaxi-fleets-and-cities}},
  note = {Accessed 18 Oct 2026},
}

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