Does a city being listed mean the whole city is covered?

No. Service areas are usually a subset of the metro. A market record tells you an operator carries the public somewhere in that metro, not that it will collect you from any address in it. Always confirm the pin in the operator’s own app.

Why does a city say public but its airport says not listed?

Airport permission is granted by airport authorities separately from any city or state approval. An operator can run across an entire metro and still be absent from the airport’s published pickup instructions, which is exactly why the two are tracked as separate records.

What does "not listed" mean — is the service banned?

No. It means the operator’s current instructions do not include that airport. Absence from a list is not a prohibition, and we never present it as one.

Why is a service called testing when the news said it launched?

Press coverage compresses announced, employee-only and public into the single word launched. Where reporting is ambiguous the status rounds down, so a service vaguely described as operating files as testing until a first-party source says riders can book it.

What happens when two sources disagree?

The higher-authority source wins and the conflict is published rather than hidden. Operator help pages outrank the same operator’s newsroom, which outranks press. Both URLs are cited on the record so you can judge for yourself.

How current is the data?

Every record carries the date it was last read against its source, and the check log lists all of them grouped by date. A check date records when we read the source, not when the operator last changed something.

Can I download the data?

Yes. The full dataset is available as JSON and the market availability table as CSV, both including the source URL and check date for every row.

Methodology

How this database decides what counts as available

EV Season tracks where driverless ride-hailing is available to ordinary people — not where it has been announced, demonstrated or promised. Every volatile record exposes its source and its check date, so the database can be audited instead of trusted.

Markets

3 countries

Open to public

Operators

Airports

4 with service

Sourced claims

The four rules every record obeys

#	Rule	Why it exists
1	No status assertions in prose	Anything volatile renders from the data, never from a written sentence. A hand-written claim was true when typed and silently false four data edits later.
2	First-party outranks press	Two false claims once shipped from trusting news reports that described employee-only rider trips as a public launch.
3	Ambiguity rounds down	A service vaguely described as operating files as testing. An airport missing from a list is not listed, never banned.
4	Every claim carries a receipt	A source URL and a check date, with no exception for facts that feel obvious. No source means it is not published.

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Service stages, most open first8 stages

Rank	Stage	What it means for a rider	Markets
0	Open to the public	Anyone can download the app and ride, with nobody in the driver seat.	15
1	Public, safety operator aboard	Anyone can ride, but a safety operator is aboard. You still get a trip — there is just a human present.	2
2	Waitlist	Sign-ups are open and riders are admitted in batches. You cannot ride on demand.	2
3	Employees only	Driverless and carrying riders, but only the operator’s own staff.	—
4	Testing only	Company vehicles are on public roads, not carrying paying members of the public.	2
5	Announced	A public commitment to launch, with no passenger service yet.	2
6	Paused	Previously ran here, currently suspended.	—
7	Not available	No known presence.	—

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Airport access levels

Airport service confirmed	The operator or airport confirms service. The pickup point may still be away from the terminal curb.
Limited airport access	Service exists, but only for a subset of riders or under another stated restriction.
Not listed by operator	Current operator instructions do not include this airport. Not proof of a prohibition.
Unconfirmed	No airport-specific rider instruction is in the tracked sources.

Where you actually meet the vehicle

Terminal curbside	At the terminal itself, at a normal pickup curb.
Designated rideshare zone	A marked rideshare area, usually a short walk from arrivals.
Rental Car Center	The rental car facility — a separate building at most airports.
Off-site, reached by airport transit	Reached by airport train or shuttle. Transfer time varies; consult the specific pickup record.
No pickup point	No pickup point exists at this airport.
Pickup point unknown	Permission may exist, but no pickup point has been published.

Source authoritylower wins a conflict

1	Operator help or product documentation
2	Regulator, airport authority or agency
3	Operator newsroom or blog
4	Major news outlet
5	Specialist press
6	Community report

Confidence

Confirmed by the operator	The operator states this itself.
Reported, not operator-confirmed	Credible reporting, not confirmed by the operator directly.
Sources disagree	Two sources disagree; both are cited so you can judge.
Unknown	No basis for a confidence judgement.

Questions people actually arrive with7 answers

Does a city being listed mean the whole city is covered?	No. Service areas are usually a subset of the metro. A market record tells you an operator carries the public somewhere in that metro, not that it will collect you from any address in it. Always confirm the pin in the operator’s own app.
Why does a city say public but its airport says not listed?	Airport permission is granted by airport authorities separately from any city or state approval. An operator can run across an entire metro and still be absent from the airport’s published pickup instructions, which is exactly why the two are tracked as separate records.
What does "not listed" mean — is the service banned?	No. It means the operator’s current instructions do not include that airport. Absence from a list is not a prohibition, and we never present it as one.
Why is a service called testing when the news said it launched?	Press coverage compresses announced, employee-only and public into the single word launched. Where reporting is ambiguous the status rounds down, so a service vaguely described as operating files as testing until a first-party source says riders can book it.
What happens when two sources disagree?	The higher-authority source wins and the conflict is published rather than hidden. Operator help pages outrank the same operator’s newsroom, which outranks press. Both URLs are cited on the record so you can judge for yourself.
How current is the data?	Every record carries the date it was last read against its source, and the check log lists all of them grouped by date. A check date records when we read the source, not when the operator last changed something.
Can I download the data?	Yes. The full dataset is available as JSON and the market availability table as CSV, both including the source URL and check date for every row.

City artwork

City visuals are AI-created editorial scenes with fictional, unbranded autonomous vehicles. They give each market a distinct visual identity; they are not photographs, operator vehicles, coverage maps, exact street layouts or verified pickup locations. Use the sourced records and operator instructions to plan a journey.

What this site deliberately does not do

No address-level route checker	Operators publish service areas as marketing maps, not machine-readable boundaries. A tool answering “will a car collect me from this address” would be guessing, and a wrong answer strands someone at a kerb.
No invented accessibility answers	Wheelchair and assistance provision varies by vehicle and market. An invented answer could strand a disabled traveller at an airport, so it stays unbuilt until there is a source worth quoting.
No pages for query permutations	A page needs a real entity behind it — a market, an airport, an operator, a named venue. Routes to every hotel are not entities.
No fleet counts or wait times	Other trackers own that ground. This database’s wedge is access: can you ride, can it take you there, and where exactly do you meet the vehicle.