As of Nov 8, 2026 PT
Chicago robotaxi services
As of Nov 8, 2026 PT, none of the seven tracked robotaxi services carries public riders in the Chicago area yet. Also tracked: Waymo (testing).
Data as of Nov 8, 2026 PT · page last changed · Changelog · Editorial policy
Robotaxi services in Chicago
Live: open to riders, no one in the driver’s seat. Supervised: riders carried with a safety driver or operator. Rolling out: riders added gradually. Testing: employees or early riders only. Coming soon: announced, not yet available. Announced: the company has named the city, but its own post does not confirm a testing stage. “—” means not disclosed. Methodology.
| Service | Status | Service area | Driverless miles | As of · primary source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waymo Mapping and manual testing Hours: — | Testing | — | — | Waymo blog, Feb 25, 2026 Waymo blog, Feb 25, 2026 |
Service-area map
No traced service-area map is published for this city. Where a company states a size, that figure is in the table above. We do not draw a boundary we have not traced from the company’s own raster.
Changes in Chicago
Dated events from the companies’ own posts. Follow this city (Atom feed); no email or account needed.
- 2026-10-31Waymo added in Chicago, IL: Testing (Mapping and manual testing)
Public records for Chicago
Regulator and company datasets that cover robotaxis in IL.
How the services compare in Chicago
Status counts, vehicles and what each company publishes for this city, as of Nov 8, 2026 PT.
- Testing: 1 (Waymo)
| Service | How riders get it | Vehicle | Published for this city |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waymo | Mapping and manual testing | Jaguar I-PACE (5th-gen Driver); Ojai (6th-gen) in Phoenix, LA, SF | No city fleet, area or miles published Waymo blog, Feb 25, 2026 |
Source: sources listed on our sources page · data as of Oct 22, 2026 PT · method
Service history in Chicago
- Waymo: no dated Chicago event in the site data yet.
Data for Chicago
Every row above comes from /data/tracker.json; dated events are in events.csv. CC BY 4.0. How to cite.