A City of San Antonio Zoning Commission decision just cleared the way for more driverless vehicles in San Antonio. Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla already offers robotaxis in Houston, Dallas and Austin. Now, they could be coming to San Antonio after zoning commissioners approved a new robotaxi parking lot and charging station in Tobin Hill. Waymo’s autonomous vehicles first started driving down San Antonio streets earlier this year. The company suspended passenger service in the city in April after flash flooding washed away one of its vehicles and highlighted a software issue, but Waymo is “working to resume soon” and could bring its new van, called the Ojai, to San Antonio. Foothold for Tesla On July 21, San Antonio’s zoning commission approved a change in an 8-2 vote allowing Austin-based Tesla to charge and keep electric vehicles at a parking lot on Josephine Street near the Nathaniel Hawthorne Academy, a public elementary school, and down the street from Pearl. Attorney Patrick Christensen representing landowner RS Josephine Development said that they had previously planned to build a mixed-use building with 900 apartments and ground-floor commercial space, but that plan was scrapped after costs rose over the past three years. RS Josephine Development is a limited liability company registered to Jim McAlister IV, the founder of Houston investment firm Rockspring. Christensen said the company would lease the parking lot to Tesla and have full-time staff on site to plug in and monitor vehicles. “One of the important reasons why Tesla chose this site is because it has sufficient power. They can’t just put these things anywhere. You’ve got to have the right power infrastructure for them to be able to plug into to charge up the cars,” Christensen said. The vehicles could also be programmed to avoid roadways in front of the neighboring