Deployment

Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Texas

Name: Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Texas
Location: Texas

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 · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Robotaxis

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Recent coverage

Waymo opens up robotaxi service in Dallas to everyoneTechCrunch – Transportation · 2026-08-04
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

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Waymo plans to launch driverless robotaxi service in 5 additional US cities in 2026, with 3 in Texas and 2 in Florida, expanding commercial footprint to roughly 10 cities.

Key facts

New cities: 5 (3 Texas, 2 Florida)
Total footprint: ~10 cities

Exposure

Customer segment: consumer
Scale tier: fleet 1000 plus

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Texas.

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Trust tier: Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated: 2026-08-17
Model: Waymo Driver (6th gen)
Company: Waymo
Location: United States/Texas
Operator: Waymo
Status: announced
Operator type: maker operated
ID: 7c2243ca-4889-42ee-a40a-c126ed1d2e61

Timeline

Aug 2026
Current status: announced, reviewed
Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

Claimed vs. verified

Waymo claims 3,500 Waymo Driver (6th gen) units in the field. DEPLOY has independently verified 29 deployment sites and 1,500 units.

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Waymo Driver (6th gen) operates in Texas. Explore the full verified map:

Sources (1)

https://www.msn.com/2026/07/07/waymo-5-new-cities

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-17

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-17

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: av

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

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Common questions

What is the Waymo Driver (6th gen) deployment at Texas?

Waymo Driver (6th gen), built by Waymo, is recorded as a deployment at Texas on the DEPLOY registry. Waymo operates the deployment directly.

Who operates Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Texas?

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.

Is the Waymo Driver (6th gen) deployment at Texas still active?

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is announced but not yet operating.

Have there been incidents at the Waymo Driver (6th gen) deployment at Texas?

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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