How the Readiness Score works
One number, 0 to 100, for how good a city is if you want a driverless ride. We built it ourselves and we'll show you every part of it, no API, no vendor, no black box. Here's the whole recipe.
Can you ride, up to 30 points
Can the public actually hail a car here today? A service open to riders scores far higher than one that's only testing. A second public service nudges this to the top.
Do you get a choice, up to 20 points
One company with the road to itself is fine until it isn't. Real competition earns the full points, but we weight it by substance, so a rival with twenty cars in a small zone counts for less than a real one.
Maturity & scale, up to 30 points
This is what a single-operator city earns its keep on. A deep, citywide service with a large fleet in a big metro, Waymo in Los Angeles, say, scores high here even with no competitor, because the ride you can actually get is what matters.
Where it's headed, up to 20 points
A city with services announced and launches landing every month is on a different trajectory than one sitting still. We factor in what's promised and what's moved recently.
The letter grades
It's a judgment call expressed as a number. The weights are all shown above, so you can argue with them. As we add our own history and demand data, the score gets harder to copy.