How We Research and Update Our Guides
Robotaxi services change every few weeks: new cities open, airports are added, freeways are paused and resumed. This page explains how we build and maintain our guides so you can judge how much to rely on them.
Where our facts come from
- The operators themselves: Waymo's FAQ, help center and announcements page, Tesla's Robotaxi support pages and rider guides, Zoox's announcements, and Uber's and Lyft's press releases.
- Regulators and courts: state and city agencies (for example the California DMV and CPUC, the Nevada Transportation Authority), NHTSA, and the text of new laws.
- Independent data: price studies such as Obi's ride-hailing reports, peer-reviewed safety research, and trackers that follow fleets and launches. We name the source next to every number.
- Reliable local reporting for details operators don't publish, such as airport pickup spots.
How we label numbers
- Published: a number or rule the operator or a regulator publishes.
- Measured: a number from an independent study, with its date and city.
- Reported: a figure from a tracker or news report we could not confirm with the operator. We say so in the text.
- Estimate: our own calculation, with the assumptions shown.
How we keep pages current
We review the city tracker every week and after every major announcement. When something changes, we update the page, change its "Updated" date and add a line to its update log. The tracker's date (October 21, 2026) is shown wherever its data appears.
What we don't do
- We don't claim to have tested a service unless we did, and we will add photos and measurements when we have them.
- We don't give legal advice. Accident and liability pages explain the general rules and tell you when to talk to an attorney.
- We don't accept payment from operators.