Avride
🇺🇸 US Serves US
Autonomous delivery robots and robotaxi developer.
- Service
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Autonomous Vehicles & Mobility
Robotaxi rides
Driverless ride-hailing in supported cities.
People ask for this as: “driverless taxi”, “Waymo ride”, “robotaxi”
How it works
Robots used
- Robotaxi
Ways to buy it
- Service — you pay for the outcome (one inspection, one show, X acres).
Bot or Not?
A robot makes sense when…
- The job is high, dangerous, or hard to reach
- It is huge or repetitive (acres, nights, square metres)
- You need data you will compare over time
- You need eyes on it right now
Hire a human when…
- It is small, low and one-off
- It needs hands, judgement or a repair
- Weather, permits or timing make robots awkward
- Nobody has defined the job yet
Here's the catch for this job
- Service areas are geofenced; check the exact map.
- Pilots for campuses/communities usually run 6-12 months.
Rules of thumb, not a sales pitch. Take the Ladder Test →
What it costs
Published ranges, each with a receipt. Not quotes: your price depends on scope, location and date. older price = 18+ months.
1 more receipt in another currency or unit: see the full table below.
All 3 receipts as a table
| What | Range | Unit | Region | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waymo Las Vegas published rate: $9.49 base + $1.23/mile + $0.45/minute | from $9.49 | / trip base | US-NV | robotaxiatlas.com as of Oct 2026 |
| Average Waymo trip in SF Bay Area (Obi Jan 2026: $19.69 vs Uber $17.47, Lyft $15.47) | $19.69 | / trip | US-CA | getridewise.com as of Oct 2026 |
| Apollo Go Wuhan per-km distance charge (plus base/time fees) | CN¥2.7–CN¥3 | / km | CN-Wuhan | m.wh.bendibao.com as of Jul 2024 older price |
Prices published by providers
| What | Range | Unit | Region | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas published formula: $9.49 base + $1.23/mile + $0.45/min (before fees) via Waymo | from $9.49 | / trip base | — | robotaxiatlas.com as of Oct 2026 |
| Wuhan Apollo Go fare: distance charge CNY 2.7-3.0/km by time of day plus base, time and long-distance fees via Baidu Apollo Go | CN¥2.7–CN¥3 | / km | — | m.wh.bendibao.com as of Jul 2024 older price |
Price history
Only one observation per series so far: we started recording every price on 2026-10-25 and re-check every source on a schedule. A trend appears when a re-checked source shows a different price (we never overwrite old observations).
| Series | Latest | Observations | Observed | Trend | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waymo Las Vegas published rate: $9.49 base + $1.23/mile + $0.45/minute | from $9.49 / trip base | 1 | Oct 25, 2026 ✓ re-checked Oct 25, 2026 | — | robotaxiatlas.com |
| Average Waymo trip in SF Bay Area (Obi Jan 2026: $19.69 vs Uber $17.47, Lyft $15.47) | $19.69 / trip | 1 | Oct 25, 2026 ✓ re-checked Oct 25, 2026 | — | getridewise.com |
| Apollo Go Wuhan per-km distance charge (plus base/time fees) | CN¥2.7–CN¥3 / km | 1 | Oct 25, 2026 ✓ re-checked Oct 25, 2026 | — | m.wh.bendibao.com |
| Las Vegas published formula: $9.49 base + $1.23/mile + $0.45/min (before fees) via Waymo | from $9.49 / trip base | 1 | Oct 25, 2026 ✓ re-checked Oct 25, 2026 | — | robotaxiatlas.com |
| Wuhan Apollo Go fare: distance charge CNY 2.7-3.0/km by time of day plus base, time and… via Baidu Apollo Go | CN¥2.7–CN¥3 / km | 1 | Oct 25, 2026 ✓ re-checked Oct 25, 2026 | — | m.wh.bendibao.com |
Sources re-checked: 5 of 5 series confirmed on the live source (last check Oct 25, 2026). Log: price_rechecks.jsonl
Append-only: we never overwrite a recorded price. JSON: /api/prices/history?use_case=robotaxi
What to specify and ask
Put these in your request and you'll get a real price instead of "it depends":
- Route or service area
- Passenger or freight volume
- Hours of operation
- Vehicle type
- Duration of pilot
- Infrastructure available
Rules and regulation
Autonomous vehicles require state/national permits (e.g., California DMV/CPUC, China local permits, UNECE rules in EU).
General information, not legal advice. Rules change; ask the operator which permits they hold and verify them.
Providers who do this
Filters by headquarters or published service area.
Waymo
🇺🇸 US Serves US
Alphabet's autonomous ride-hailing service.
- Service
- 1 sourced price
- Public quote page
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Zoox
🇺🇸 US Serves US
Amazon's purpose-built robotaxi company.
- Service
- 1 job
- Oct 25, 2026
Baidu Apollo Go
🇨🇳 CN Serves CN, AE
Baidu's robotaxi service.
- Service
- 1 sourced price
- Public quote page
- 1 job
- Oct 25, 2026
Pony.ai
🇨🇳 CN Serves CN, global
Chinese autonomous driving company with robotaxi services.
- Service
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
WeRide
🇨🇳 CN Serves CN, AE, SG +2
Chinese autonomous driving company with robotaxis, robobuses and robosweepers.
- Service
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 3 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
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May Mobility
🇺🇸 US Serves US, JP
US autonomous vehicle company for transit.
- Service
- Public quote page
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
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