{
  "lastUpdated": "2026-04-21T14:59:17.504Z",
  "lastUpdatedHuman": "April 21, 2026",
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "RoboTaxi Tracker (with permission)",
      "url": "https://robotaxitracker.com"
    },
    {
      "name": "California CPUC Quarterly Reports",
      "url": "https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/regulatory-services/licensing/transportation-licensing-and-analysis-branch/autonomous-vehicle-programs/quarterly-reporting"
    },
    {
      "name": "California DMV Disengagement Reports",
      "url": "https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-industry-services/autonomous-vehicles/disengagement-reports/"
    },
    {
      "name": "NHTSA Standing General Order",
      "url": "https://www.nhtsa.gov/laws-regulations/standing-general-order-crash-reporting"
    }
  ],
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    "totalReportedRidesAllTime": "42M+",
    "weeklyRidesAcrossAllOperators": 485000,
    "citiesWithCommercialService": 6,
    "totalDriverlessMiles2025": "71.3M"
  },
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      "weeklyRides": 450000,
      "milesPerDisengagement": 19234,
      "activeCities": [
        "San Francisco",
        "Phoenix",
        "Los Angeles",
        "Austin"
      ],
      "totalAutonomousMiles": "52M",
      "incidentsLast30Days": 2,
      "trend": "growing",
      "totalActiveFleetAcrossCities": null
    },
    "tesla": {
      "austinUnsupervisedRidesLast7Days": 17,
      "austinTotalRidesLast7Days": 55,
      "austinActiveFleet": 13,
      "austinInactiveFleet": 51,
      "cybercabTestFleet": 36,
      "trend": "ramping",
      "totalActiveFleetAcrossCities": null
    },
    "zoox": {
      "milesPerDisengagement": 60682,
      "activeCities": [
        "Las Vegas (limited)",
        "San Francisco (employee)"
      ],
      "incidentsLast30Days": 0,
      "trend": "testing",
      "totalActiveFleetAcrossCities": null
    },
    "cruise": {
      "weeklyRides": 0,
      "status": "Supervised testing only",
      "trend": "recovering"
    },
    "wayve": {
      "status": "Testing in SF + London",
      "trend": "expanding"
    }
  },
  "incidents": {
    "totalNhtsaReported2025": 127,
    "seriousIncidents2025": 3,
    "lastIncidentDate": "2026-04-10"
  },
  "topStories": [
    {
      "title": "Waymo surges past 450k weekly rides",
      "date": "2026-04-21",
      "source": "Waymo Q1 2026 press release",
      "url": "https://waymo.com/blog/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Zoox leads industry in miles-per-disengagement",
      "date": "2026-04-15",
      "source": "California DMV 2025 Annual Report"
    },
    {
      "title": "Tesla Austin robotaxi unsupervised ride share hits 31%",
      "date": "2026-04-18",
      "source": "Tesla Q1 2026 investor update"
    }
  ],
  "govData": {
    "cpucLatestReports": [],
    "dmvDisengagementReports": [],
    "nhtsaDatasetUrl": null
  },
  "roadmap": {
    "tesla": [
      {
        "city": "SF Bay Area",
        "state": "California",
        "phase": "Safety Driver",
        "phaseClass": "safety-driver",
        "lat": 37.77,
        "lng": -122.42
      },
      {
        "city": "Austin",
        "state": "Texas",
        "phase": "Ramping Unsupervised",
        "phaseClass": "unsupervised",
        "lat": 30.27,
        "lng": -97.74
      },
      {
        "city": "Dallas",
        "state": "Texas",
        "phase": "Ramping Unsupervised",
        "phaseClass": "unsupervised",
        "lat": 32.78,
        "lng": -96.8
      },
      {
        "city": "Houston",
        "state": "Texas",
        "phase": "Ramping Unsupervised",
        "phaseClass": "unsupervised",
        "lat": 29.76,
        "lng": -95.37
      },
      {
        "city": "Las Vegas",
        "state": "Nevada",
        "phase": "1H 2026",
        "phaseClass": "planned",
        "lat": 36.17,
        "lng": -115.14
      },
      {
        "city": "Phoenix",
        "state": "Arizona",
        "phase": "Planned",
        "phaseClass": "planned",
        "lat": 33.45,
        "lng": -112.07
      },
      {
        "city": "Orlando",
        "state": "Florida",
        "phase": "Planned",
        "phaseClass": "planned",
        "lat": 28.54,
        "lng": -81.38
      },
      {
        "city": "Tampa",
        "state": "Florida",
        "phase": "Planned",
        "phaseClass": "planned",
        "lat": 27.95,
        "lng": -82.46
      },
      {
        "city": "Miami",
        "state": "Florida",
        "phase": "Planned",
        "phaseClass": "planned",
        "lat": 25.76,
        "lng": -80.19
      }
    ],
    "waymo": [
      {
        "city": "San Francisco",
        "state": "California",
        "phase": "Live",
        "phaseClass": "live",
        "lat": 37.77,
        "lng": -122.42
      },
      {
        "city": "Phoenix",
        "state": "Arizona",
        "phase": "Live",
        "phaseClass": "live",
        "lat": 33.45,
        "lng": -112.07
      },
      {
        "city": "Los Angeles",
        "state": "California",
        "phase": "Live",
        "phaseClass": "live",
        "lat": 34.05,
        "lng": -118.24
      },
      {
        "city": "Austin",
        "state": "Texas",
        "phase": "Live",
        "phaseClass": "live",
        "lat": 30.27,
        "lng": -97.74
      },
      {
        "city": "Miami",
        "state": "Florida",
        "phase": "Expanding",
        "phaseClass": "expanding",
        "lat": 25.76,
        "lng": -80.19
      },
      {
        "city": "Washington DC",
        "state": "DC",
        "phase": "Expanding",
        "phaseClass": "expanding",
        "lat": 38.9,
        "lng": -77.04
      },
      {
        "city": "Atlanta",
        "state": "Georgia",
        "phase": "Expanding",
        "phaseClass": "expanding",
        "lat": 33.75,
        "lng": -84.39
      },
      {
        "city": "New York",
        "state": "New York",
        "phase": "Planned",
        "phaseClass": "planned",
        "lat": 40.71,
        "lng": -74.01
      },
      {
        "city": "Chicago",
        "state": "Illinois",
        "phase": "Planned",
        "phaseClass": "planned",
        "lat": 41.88,
        "lng": -87.63
      },
      {
        "city": "Seattle",
        "state": "Washington",
        "phase": "Planned",
        "phaseClass": "planned",
        "lat": 47.61,
        "lng": -122.33
      }
    ]
  },
  "scoreboard": {
    "updated": "2026-07-27",
    "companies": {
      "tesla": {
        "name": "Tesla Robotaxi",
        "cities": [
          "Austin",
          "Dallas",
          "Houston",
          "Miami",
          "Orlando",
          "Tampa"
        ],
        "carsNote": "Registered driverless vehicles (Bloomberg est.) · trackers count ~26 active in Texas",
        "humanBig": "n/a",
        "humanSub": "Not calculable from public data — Tesla has not published the robotaxi mileage a current rate requires",
        "humanNote": "Historical context only: an early-Austin estimate (Feb 2026) put the rate around 9–18 per million miles — 14 crashes ÷ ~0.8M estimated miles, most driven with safety monitors aboard — roughly 4× a human benchmark. That estimate covers a different window, fleet, and driving mode than Waymo's figures and is not comparable to them. Robotaxis must also report every minor contact while humans only generate police reports.",
        "carsOnRoad": "~59",
        "carsSource": {
          "url": "https://www.techtimes.com/articles/320170/20260711/waymo-driverless-four-more-cities-fleet-14-times-teslas-sensor-debate-hits-road.htm",
          "name": "TechTimes / Bloomberg"
        },
        "citiesNote": "SF Bay Area not counted — rides there still require a human safety driver",
        "humanClass": "",
        "citiesCount": 6,
        "crashesNote": "22 unique SGO incident reports from launch (Jun 2025) through Jun 2026 filings. Most were other drivers' fault (rear-endings while stopped); at least 2 were caused by Tesla's remote operators. Mileage undisclosed, so no per-mile rate can be computed.",
        "humanSource": {
          "url": "https://electrek.co/2026/02/17/tesla-robotaxi-adds-5-more-crashes-austin-month-4x-worse-than-humans/",
          "name": "Electrek / Bloomberg · Feb 2026"
        },
        "citiesSource": {
          "url": "https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/4470/tesla-robotaxi-launches-unsupervised-rides-in-orlando-tampa",
          "name": "Not a Tesla App · Jul 21, 2026"
        },
        "deathsCaused": 0,
        "crashesSource": {
          "url": "https://electrek.co/2026/07/20/tesla-robotaxi-remote-operator-crash-houston/",
          "name": "Electrek · NHTSA SGO filings · Jul 20, 2026"
        },
        "injuryCrashes": 2,
        "deathsInvolved": 0,
        "crashesReported": 22,
        "deathsCausedNote": "No deaths in any Robotaxi-service crash since the June 2025 launch",
        "deathsCausedSource": {
          "url": "https://electrek.co/2026/05/15/tesla-unredacts-robotaxi-crash-narratives-nhtsa/",
          "name": "Electrek · NHTSA narratives"
        },
        "deathsInvolvedNote": "Consumer Autopilot / FSD cars are a separate program and are not counted here",
        "injuryCrashesPeriod": "Jul 2025 – Mar 2026 · 2 minor-injury crashes, 1 requiring hospitalization",
        "deathsInvolvedSource": {
          "url": "https://electrek.co/2026/07/20/tesla-robotaxi-remote-operator-crash-houston/",
          "name": "Electrek · Jul 2026"
        }
      },
      "waymo": {
        "name": "Waymo",
        "cities": [
          "Phoenix",
          "SF Bay Area",
          "Los Angeles",
          "Atlanta",
          "Austin",
          "Dallas",
          "Houston",
          "San Antonio",
          "Miami",
          "Orlando",
          "Nashville"
        ],
        "carsNote": "Last confirmed count · independent trackers estimate 3,500+ as of Jul 2026",
        "humanBig": "1.28",
        "humanSub": "IIHS matched study: 1.28 police-reportable crashes per million miles vs 4.06 for human drivers in the same areas and years (~50M driverless miles, 2021–2024)",
        "humanNote": "68% fewer police-reportable crashes and 81% fewer injury crashes than matched human drivers (IIHS, Jul 2026). Waymo's own dashboard reports 0.71 injury crashes per million rider-only miles vs a 3.91 matched human benchmark (220.6M miles, through Mar 2026). Our former “6.5” figure divided a Nov 2025 crash count by Mar 2026 mileage — mismatched cutoffs — and has been retired. Raw SGO totals count every contact, including not-at-fault, and can't be read as a matched rate.",
        "carsOnRoad": "2,500+",
        "carsSource": {
          "url": "https://carboncredits.com/waymo-hits-2500-robotaxi-in-u-s-the-future-of-driverless-rides/",
          "name": "CarbonCredits"
        },
        "citiesNote": "4 more announced for 2026: Las Vegas, San Diego, Tampa, Denver",
        "humanClass": "",
        "citiesCount": 11,
        "crashesNote": "1,429 SGO reports, Jul 2021 – Nov 17, 2025 (law-firm tally of NHTSA filings; raw data at NHTSA link). NHTSA counts involvement, not fault — most were caused by other drivers — and warns raw totals can include duplicates.",
        "humanSource": {
          "url": "https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/waymos-driverless-cars-crash-less-often-than-people",
          "name": "IIHS · Jul 23, 2026"
        },
        "citiesSource": {
          "url": "https://waymo.com/blog/shorts/ro-den-lv-sd-tmpa/",
          "name": "Waymo · Jul 8, 2026"
        },
        "deathsCaused": 0,
        "humanSource2": {
          "url": "https://waymo.com/safety/impact/",
          "name": "Waymo Safety Impact · through Mar 2026"
        },
        "crashesSource": {
          "url": "https://www.nhtsa.gov/laws-regulations/standing-general-order-crash-reporting",
          "name": "NHTSA Standing General Order (raw data)"
        },
        "injuryCrashes": 117,
        "crashesSource2": {
          "url": "https://www.damfirm.com/waymo-accident-statistics.html",
          "name": "Tally: DAM Firm review · through Nov 17, 2025"
        },
        "deathsInvolved": 2,
        "crashesReported": 1429,
        "deathsCausedNote": "No fatal crash has ever been attributed to Waymo's driving",
        "deathsCausedSource": {
          "url": "https://www.reyeslaw.com/blog/has-waymo-caused-a-fatal-crash/",
          "name": "Reyes Law · May 2026"
        },
        "deathsInvolvedNote": "Struck by human drivers in SF (Jan 2025) and Tempe (Sep 2025) — not at fault in either",
        "injuryCrashesPeriod": "Jul 2021 – Nov 2025 · injuries reported in SGO filings, per law-firm tally",
        "deathsInvolvedSource": {
          "url": "https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/waymo-multi-car-wreck-san-francisco-driverless/3766860/",
          "name": "NBC Bay Area"
        }
      }
    },
    "updatedHuman": "July 27, 2026",
    "humanBenchmark": {
      "sub": "Not a robotaxi. This is the everyday risk baseline: average US human driving.",
      "label": "HUMAN DRIVERS — THE BENCHMARK",
      "deathsBig": "107",
      "deathsSub": "≈39,000 deaths in 2024 — a rate of 1.2 per 100 million miles driven",
      "crashesBig": "~1.9",
      "crashesSub": "≈6 million police-reported crashes a year ÷ ~3.2 trillion miles driven",
      "deathsNote": "Robotaxi deaths caused to date, both companies combined: 0",
      "deathsUnit": "deaths on US roads every day",
      "crashesNote": "Most minor human crashes never get a police report, so the true rate is several times higher — robotaxis, by contrast, must report every incident to NHTSA",
      "crashesUnit": "crashes per million miles",
      "deathsSource": {
        "url": "https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/nhtsa-estimates-39345-traffic-fatalities-2024",
        "name": "NHTSA · 2024 estimate"
      },
      "crashesSource": {
        "url": "https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/Publication/813266",
        "name": "NHTSA crash overview"
      }
    }
  }
}