Deployment
Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Atlanta
The sixth-generation Waymo Driver is Waymo's autonomous driving stack for fully autonomous robotaxi service. The platform integrates 13 cameras, 4 lidars, 6 radars, and external audio receivers, with overlapping 360° coverage and a detection range up to roughly 500 meters in nominal conditions. Compared to the fifth-generation system on the Jaguar I-PACE, the sixth-gen system uses 42% fewer total sensors. Waymo says the per-unit hardware cost is targeted under $20,000, a more than 50% reduction from the 5th-gen system. Currently runs on the Zeekr RT (sold as the “Ojai” robotaxi, purpose-built without a steering wheel or pedals) and the Hyundai IONIQ 5; began fully autonomous commercial operations in February 2026.
Waymo Driver 6th-gen by Waymo · Operated by Waymo · Machine verified
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /deployments/waymo-driver-gen6-atlanta.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/robots/61bba43f-6a4a-4cb8-b679-c5a1861e3575
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Footage
Waymo's look at the rider experience during a fully driverless Waymo One trip, with no safety operator in the vehicle. Service is geofenced and permitted city by city.
Waymo's guide to hailing a fully autonomous Waymo One robotaxi ride. Service is fully driverless (no safety operator) within geofenced areas; the Waymo Driver is the autonomous system, distinct from the vehicle.
Official Waymo video documenting Steve Mahan experiencing the world's first fully autonomous ride on public roads in 2015. The vehicle had no steering wheel, no pedals, and no test driver.
Operator: Waymo, available exclusively through the Uber app under a deep fleet-integration agreement. Fully-driverless commercial service in Atlanta since 2025 (covers Midtown, Brookhaven, Decatur). Service was temporarily paused during May 2026 flooding/safety fixes per some reports. Verified status (May 2026): active public service since June 24, 2025, via the Uber app (Uber-app-exclusive access in Atlanta; riders matched to a Waymo Jaguar I-PACE at no extra cost). Not paused. About 65 sq mi; no highway or airport service yet as of early 2026.
Key facts
- Launched
- 2025
- Access
- Exclusively via Uber app (fleet-integration)
- Service restriction (re-verified 2026-06-07)
- Operations paused in May 2026 due to flooding-related issues (voluntary software recall for ~3,800 vehicles to fix flood-roadway detection).
Exposure
- Customer segment
- consumer
- Scale tier
- undisclosed
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Safety record
1 incident on record (1 moderate). Most recent: May 2026.
- moderate
- 1
Most recent: May 2026
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Incidents on record (1)
- Waymo suspended Atlanta robotaxi service after a robotaxi was stuck amid flooding (May 2026)2026-05-21 · Malfunction
Direct incidents recorded against this deployment. Retracted incidents are excluded here but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Machine verified
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
- Model
- Waymo Driver 6th-gen
- Company
- Waymo
- Location
- United States/Georgia/Atlanta
- Operator
- Waymo
- Status
- operational
- First seen
- 2025-06-01
- ID
61bba43f-6a4a-4cb8-b679-c5a1861e3575
On the deployment map
Waymo Driver 6th-gen operates in Atlanta. Explore the full verified map:
Verifications (1)
- Machine verified by DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 1.5 re-verification)2026-05-30
- asOf
- 2026-05-30
- basis
- Per CBS Atlanta and TechCrunch (May 21, 2026), service paused after a robotaxi drove into floodwater and was stuck ~1 hour, weeks after a fleet OTA patch failed; part of the May 2026 network-wide flood-handling recall (3,791 vehicles). See incident waymo-atlanta-flood-suspension-2026-05. Restoration timeline not announced as of 2026-05-30. Status reflects operational suspension, not service discontinuation.
- status
- paused
- relatedIncident
- waymo-atlanta-flood-suspension-2026-05
Sources (7)
- Extracted by /admin/extract (awaiting human review) · https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/waymo-halts-freeway-rides-after-robotaxis-struggle-in-construction-zones/ · 2026-05-21
- Atlanta operational via Uber, since 2025 · https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/waymo-texas-florida-2026.html · 2025-11-18
- https://www.uber.com/us/en/newsroom/waymo-on-uber-atl/
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/uber-and-waymo-begin-driverless-ride-hailing-service-in-atlanta
- https://fortune.com/2025/06/24/uber-waymo-robotaxi-tesla-musk-atlanta/
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/24/uber-and-waymos-commercial-robotaxi-service-is-open-for-business-in-atlanta/
- https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/06/24/uber-launches-robotaxi-service-with-waymo-atlanta/
Methodology: Verified · 7 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-11
Verification posture
Verified
Medium confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-11
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: av
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 2
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Atlanta.Common questions
- What is the Waymo Driver 6th-gen deployment at Atlanta?
- Waymo Driver 6th-gen, built by Waymo, is recorded as a deployment at Atlanta on the DEPLOY registry. Waymo operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Atlanta?
- Waymo, the manufacturer of Waymo Driver 6th-gen, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- When did the Waymo Driver 6th-gen deployment at Atlanta go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting June 1, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Have there been incidents at the Waymo Driver 6th-gen deployment at Atlanta?
- 1 active incident affecting this deployment is on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.
- Is Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Atlanta safe?
- Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Atlanta has 1 active incident on record in the DEPLOY registry. 1 incident on record (1 moderate). Most recent: May 2026. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.
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