City access record

Robotaxi in San Francisco

San Francisco Bay Area · California, United States

Public access recorded in San Francisco.3 operators have a presence here.

Operators tracked

Public access as last checked

Waymo, Tesla Robotaxi

Not yet bookable

Zoox

Tracked airports with service

1 of 1

Longest-running here

Waymo, since June 2024

Waymo and Tesla Robotaxi are currently listed as bookable here. Each operator record below carries its own source and review date.

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Who operates in San Francisco

Best status first. A safety operator aboard still counts as public — you can ride, there is just a human present.

Waymo

Open to the public

Since: June 2024
Book/request via: Waymo app
Vehicle: Jaguar I-PACE, Ojai

California’s regulator lists Waymo with all four permit classes including Driverless Deployment, which is the one that authorises charging fares for driverless rides (checked 2026-08-17).

Source: support.google.com, cpuc.ca.gov · Checked August 17, 2026

Tesla Robotaxi

Public, safety operator aboard

Since: 2025
Vehicle: Tesla Model Y

Bay Area operation runs with a safety operator aboard. Checked 2026-08-17: Tesla does not appear at all in California’s autonomous-vehicle passenger-service permit table, while Waymo and Zoox do — so what a rider gets here is a supervised car, not an authorised driverless service.

Source: ir.tesla.com, cpuc.ca.gov · Checked August 17, 2026

Zoox

Waitlist

Since: 2026
Book/request via: Zoox waitlist
Vehicle: Zoox purpose-built robotaxi

Zoox is welcoming select riders and directs others to join the waitlist. California’s regulator lists Zoox with Drivered and Driverless Pilot permits only — not a Deployment permit — and pilot participants may not charge passengers, which is consistent with an invite-only service rather than an open paid one (checked 2026-08-17).

Source: zoox.com, cpuc.ca.gov · Checked August 17, 2026

Airport access

Airport permission is negotiated separately from city permission, so a service can run across the whole metro and still be barred from the airport.

San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

WaymoLimited airport accessConfirmed by the operator

Airport pickup & drop-off points

Pickup & drop-offRental Car Center outer curb — about a 15-minute AirTrain ride from the terminalsOff-site, reached by airport transit
Pickup & drop-offGrand Hyatt at SFO — outside the hotel near valet, about a 10-minute AirTrain ride from the terminalsOff-site, reached by airport transit

Waymo is offering SFO access to a limited number of riders. There is still no terminal curb service in the current operator instructions; the Grand Hyatt point is the shorter of the two AirTrain rides.

Source: support.google.com · Checked September 14, 2026

ZooxUnconfirmed

No airport-specific rider instruction is in the tracked sources.

Checked August 16, 2026

Tesla RobotaxiNot listed by operatorConfirmed by the operator

Tesla reported serving SJC and said other Bay Area airports still required permitting.

Source: ir.tesla.com · Checked August 16, 2026

Next steps

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Robotaxi service areas change month to month. Everything here is compiled from public reporting and carries the date it was last checked — but confirm in the operator’s own app before you rely on it for a trip.