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.