Timeline

Milestones derived from the stage history of every service and from regulators' key dates. Firsts mark the first public driverless rides in a city.

2026

  1. SuspendedApollo Go (Baidu) in Wuhan: suspended - Citywide suspension after dozens of robotaxis stalled on 2026-03-31 due to a system malfunction; regulators investigated source
  2. SuspendedWaymo in San Antonio: suspended - Paused after flash flooding swept away one robotaxi; recall followed source
  3. SuspendedWaymo in New York City: suspended - City testing permits expired; only manual driving for data collection allowed source

2025

  1. SuspendedHello (Hellobike robotaxi) in Zhuzhou: suspended - Service suspended by local authorities after robotaxi hit two pedestrians on 2025-12-06 source

2024

  1. EndedCruise in Austin: ended - GM ended Cruise as a robotaxi business source
  2. EndedCruise in Phoenix: ended - GM ended Cruise as a robotaxi business source
  3. EndedCruise in San Francisco: ended - GM ended Cruise as a robotaxi business source

2023

  1. SuspendedCruise in San Francisco: suspended - DMV suspended driverless permits; CPUC suspended revenue permit source
  2. SuspendedCruise in Austin: suspended - Driverless operations paused nationwide source
  3. SuspendedCruise in Phoenix: suspended - Driverless operations paused nationwide source