Metro area · CBSA 41740
Robotaxis in San Diego
San Diego, CA has driverless, paid robotaxi service.
Scores
How San Diego Scores
Scored 0 to 100 for robotaxi potential from public data: demand, revenue, weather and regulation.
- Demand30%75
- Revenue20%92
- Competition15%—
Held at 50 in Potential mode; Live scores measure competition.
- Operability15%88
- Regulation20%27
The 11 inputs, each with its percentile and source
| Input | Value | Percentile | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households without a cardemand | 5.8% | 31 | www2.census.gov· Sep 2025high |
| Metro populationdemand | 3.3M | 83 | www2.census.gov· Sep 2025high |
| Population-weighted densitydemand | 7,524/sq mi | 91 | www2.census.gov· Jan 2026high |
| Residents aged 18-34demand | 25.3% | 90 | www2.census.gov· Sep 2025high |
| Airport passengers per residentdemand | 3.7 per resident | 80 | services.arcgis.com· Apr 2025high |
| Median household incomerevenue | $109,132 | 93 | www2.census.gov· Sep 2025high |
| Driver hourly payrevenue | $21.00/hr | 92 | data.bls.gov· May 2025high |
| Days with 1 inch or more of snowoperability · lower is better | 0.0 days/yr | 88 | ncei.noaa.gov· May 2021medium |
| Days with 0.5 inch or more of rainoperability · lower is better | 6.2 days/yr | 92 | ncei.noaa.gov· May 2021high |
| Days with fogoperability · lower is better | 12.7 days/yr | 85 | ncei.noaa.gov· Jan 2026medium |
| Regulatory opennessregulation | 62.0 pts | 27 | cpuc.ca.gov· Aug 2026high |
Percentiles compare this metro with the 100 US metros. See the methodology for every metric and the full rankings.
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Service
Who Runs Robotaxis Here
- WaymoDriverless, paidLidar
- Book viaOwn app
- AirportNone
- LaunchedSep 1, 2026
Invite-only from the launch date; open to all riders since 14 Oct 2026.
waymo.com· Oct 2026high - ZooxTestingLidarthechargeport.com· Oct 2026medium
Map
Where You Can Ride
- No service area digitised yet; the map shows the metro outline and airports.
- Airports (pink dots): SAN San Diego International Airport. Dashed line: metro area.
Fares
Known Fares and Figures
No published fares yet for this market. Operators do not publish city-level prices.
Rider-panel figures are medians of receipts from at least 30 riders in a month. Share a receipt from a ride in San Diego
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Regulation
Driverless paid service under case-by-case permits
Driverless paid service needs DMV and CPUC permits, granted case by case. The CPUC took about 7 months to approve Waymo's 18-county expansion (14 Aug 2026).
Tracker
Recent Events
- Launch
Waymo opens to all riders in San Antonio, San Diego and Tampa
San Antonio service includes San Antonio International Airport (SAT).
waymo.com· Oct 2026high - Permit
CPUC approves Waymo's expansion to 18 California counties
Approval took about 7 months.
cpuc.ca.gov· Aug 2026high