Robotaxi City Guide

Robotaxis in Nashville, Tennessee

Last updated October 12, 2026 · refreshed weekly from the RoboTaxi Report scoreboard

Yes. Waymo operates public, fully driverless robotaxi rides in Nashville as of October 12, 2026.

Waymo

Live — public driverless rides

Waymo operates public, fully driverless rides in Nashville today.

Bookable via the Lyft app since Sep 9, 2026 — first city where Waymo runs on two rival rideshare platforms; 80,000 sq ft Lyft/Flexdrive depot opened Oct 12 to support “hundreds” of vehicles

Tesla Robotaxi

No announced service

Tesla Robotaxi has not announced public robotaxi service in Nashville as of October 12, 2026.

Nashville robotaxi FAQ

Is Waymo available in Nashville?
Waymo operates public, fully driverless rides in Nashville today.
Is Tesla Robotaxi available in Nashville?
Tesla Robotaxi has not announced public robotaxi service in Nashville as of October 12, 2026.
How safe are robotaxis?
Neither Waymo nor Tesla's robotaxi service has ever caused a fatality. Waymo reports 1.28 police-reportable crashes per million driverless miles (IIHS matched study) vs 4.06 for human drivers in the same areas; Tesla does not disclose robotaxi mileage, so its per-mile rate can't be independently computed. See the full scoreboard for sourced numbers.

Sources

Statuses come from the RoboTaxi Report city map, which is updated every Monday from official announcements, regulator filings, and press reports:

TechCrunch · Oct 8, 2026 ↗ NBC Bay Area · Oct 6, 2026 ↗ WJLA · Oct 6, 2026 ↗ Teslarati · Oct 11, 2026 ↗ Electrek · Oct 12, 2026 ↗ Bloomberg via The Star · Oct 8, 2026 ↗

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This page is generated from the sourced dataset behind the Waymo vs Tesla scoreboard and deployment map, refreshed every Monday. Statuses reflect public information as of the date above; "live" means public, fully driverless rides with no safety driver.