Deployment
Ojai at North Austin, Texas, USA
Waymo's first purpose-built robotaxi, manufactured by Zeekr (a Geely subsidiary) with base assembly in Ningbo, China and final assembly in Mesa, Arizona. The Ojai name was assigned at CES on January 7, 2026; production started December 2024. The vehicle seats 4 passengers, carries a 93 kWh/800V battery, and is powered by the sixth-generation Waymo Driver platform with 13 cameras, 4 lidars, 6 radars, and external audio receivers providing up to 500 m detection range. Commercial passenger service began May 28, 2026, replacing the Jaguar I-PACE as the primary Waymo One vehicle.
Recent coverage
- Police intercept tipsy teens after Waymo snitches for shooting Orbeez out of the carThe Register · 2026-07-08
- Waymo goes driverless in Las Vegas, with Denver, San Diego, Tampa nextElectrek · 2026-07-08
- Free Waymo Rides in California? You Can Thank a Regulatory QuirkWired · 2026-07-08
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /deployments/waymo-austin-texas-usa.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/robots/21bf2a2c-1be0-4a54-8460-b2242e962734
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Ojai (Waymo) operating in North Austin, Texas, USA. Status: operational.
Key facts
- City
- Austin, TX
- Status
- Operational — fully driverless
- Source
- Waymo (existing service)
Safety record
No incidents on record for Ojai at North Austin, Texas, USA.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Unverifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-07-23
- Model
- Ojai
- Company
- Waymo
- Operator
- Waymo
- Status
- operational
- Operator type
- maker operated
- ID
21bf2a2c-1be0-4a54-8460-b2242e962734
Timeline
- Jul 2026Current status: operationalLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
On the deployment map
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Sources (1)
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-23
Verification posture
Unreviewed
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-23
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: av
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Ojai at North Austin, Texas, USA.Common questions
- What is the Ojai deployment at North Austin, Texas, USA?
- Ojai, built by Waymo, is recorded as a deployment at North Austin, Texas, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Waymo operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Ojai at North Austin, Texas, USA?
- Waymo, the manufacturer of Ojai, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- Have there been incidents at the Ojai deployment at North Austin, Texas, USA?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
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