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Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Los Angeles

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

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Footage

PRIMARY SOURCE
Source: Waymo

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.

PRIMARY SOURCE
Source: Waymo

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.

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Waymo

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 (own service, Waymo One app). Fully-driverless commercial robotaxi service across Los Angeles (West LA, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Downtown LA, Hollywood), launched commercially in 2024. Public freeway driving was introduced in LA (with Phoenix and SF) in November 2025; freeway operations were temporarily paused in May 2026 after the vehicles struggled in construction zones (see Waymo's freeway-suspension incident).

Key facts

Launched
Commercial service 2024
Coverage
West LA, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, DTLA, Hollywood
Freeway
Public freeway since Nov 2025; paused May 2026
Service restriction (re-verified 2026-06-07)
Freeway rides temporarily paused city-wide from late May 2026 after construction-zone incidents. Surface-street operations continue.

Exposure

Customer segment
consumer
Scale tier
mass 100 999

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Los Angeles.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary 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/California/Los Angeles
Operator
Waymo
Status
operational
First seen
2024-03-01
ID
3c1b7de7-d513-4701-aa30-5b7163cf9316

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Verifications (1)

  • Machine verified by DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 1.5 re-verification)2026-05-30

    Evidence: https://waymo.com/updates/

    asOf
    2026-05-30
    basis
    Operating per Waymo official updates and independent May-2026 coverage; not among the flood-paused cities (Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio). Fleet is under an active 3,791-vehicle recall (OTA flood-handling fix).
    status
    active

Sources (10)

  1. TechCrunch: Waymo LA freeway routes suspended, surface streets continuing · https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/waymo-suspends-freeway-service/ · 2026-05-21
  2. 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
  3. LA commercial service began 2024 · https://www.understandingai.org/p/waymos-next-five-cities-are-all-in · 2025-11-18
  4. LA fully operational; freeway driving · https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/waymo-texas-florida-2026.html · 2025-11-18
  5. https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/regulatory-services/licensing/transportation-licensing-and-analysis-branch/autonomous-vehicle-programs/autonomous-vehicle-program-permits-issued
  6. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/01/waymo-approved-to-expand-robotaxi-service-in-los-angeles-sf-peninsula.html
  7. https://waymo.com/blog/2024/03/scaling-waymo-one-safely-across-four-cities-this-year/
  8. https://waymo.com/blog/2024/11/waymo-one-open-to-all-in-los-angeles/
  9. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/12/waymo-opens-robotaxi-service-to-anyone-in-los-angeles.html
  10. https://waymo.com/blog/2025/11/taking-riders-further-safely-with-freeways/
Methodology: Verified · 10 sources (3 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-11

Verification posture

Verified

High 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
secondary-established-publication
Established publication
3
primary-company-ir
Company IR disclosure
2
secondary-industry-publication
Industry publication
2
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Methodology surface for Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Los Angeles.

Common questions

What is the Waymo Driver 6th-gen deployment at Los Angeles?
Waymo Driver 6th-gen, built by Waymo, is recorded as a deployment at Los Angeles on the DEPLOY registry. Waymo operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Los Angeles?
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 Los Angeles go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting March 1, 2024 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 Los Angeles?
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.
Is Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Los Angeles safe?
Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Los Angeles has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

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