robotaxi

noun

ro·​bo·​taxi ˈrō-bō-ˌtak-sē 

plural robotaxis

: an autonomous (see autonomous sense 2) taxicab : a self-driving taxi

The robotaxi was using the company's fifth-generation automated driving system.

—Brad Matthews

… debating whether to allow driverless cars on city roads, experts say a more fundamental challenge may prevent robotaxis from hitting the streets: snowy winters.

—Jaime Moore-Carrillo

… for the time being, its robotaxis operate under the supervision of trained human drivers.

—Russ Mitchell

—often used before another noun

a robotaxi service/company

Examples of robotaxi in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The bigger question for driverless cars This recall hits the heart of the robotaxi promise. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026

Uber plans to bring its premium robotaxi service to Houston, Texas in 2027. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 18 June 2026

Rivian, which is pouring money into autonomous vehicle efforts including a robotaxi partnership with Uber, has struggled to turn a profit with its luxury EVs. — Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026

Shares of Lyft have plunged 26% in the year to date as the rideshare platform faces labor cost pressures and increasing competition from robotaxi startups such as Waymo. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 17 June 2026

Yet even by those standards, the gulf between his public robotaxi statements and what the business has achieved is vast. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

Also, Waymo and others in the robotaxi industry have argued for years that their cars shouldn't be regulated much differently from other ride-hail vehicles. — Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 11 June 2026

The company has also begun rolling out the Ojai robotaxi made by the Chinese automotive brand Zeekr with a 93 kWh battery. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 4 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

rob(ot) + -o- + taxi entry 1

First Known Use

2004, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for robotaxi

• epitaxy
• maxi
• taxi
• waxy