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Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Nashville

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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Machine-readable surfaces

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 via a partnership with Lyft (riders can hail via both the Waymo app and the Lyft app; Lyft's Flexdrive subsidiary provides fleet management). Public rides began April 7, 2026 on a rolling basis, ~60 sq miles initially. Notably Waymo's first Lyft-partnered market (vs. the Uber arrangement in Austin/Atlanta).

Key facts

Launched
Public April 7, 2026 (rolling)
Access
Waymo app + Lyft app (first Lyft-partner market)
Coverage
~60 sq miles initially

Exposure

Customer segment
consumer
Scale tier
undisclosed

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Safety record

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

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Machine verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-07-10
Model
Waymo Driver 6th-gen
Company
Waymo
Location
United States/Tennessee/Nashville
Operator
Waymo
Status
operational
Operator type
maker operated
First seen
2026-04-07
ID
f429e679-73f2-4133-a2ad-1f019ec60274

Timeline

  1. Apr 2026
    First recorded
    Waymo Driver 6th-gen first documented operating at Nashville.
  2. May 2026
    created
  3. Jul 2026
    Current status: operational, 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 15 deployment sites and 1,500 units.

The gap between claimed and verified is the Fleet Reality signal. See the Fleet Reality Index.

On the deployment map

Waymo Driver 6th-gen operates in Nashville. Explore the full verified map:

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 (3)

  1. https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/07/waymo-opens-robotaxi-service-in-nashville-partners-with-lyft/
  2. https://waymo.com/blog/2026/04/your-waymo-ride-now-arriving-in-nashville/
  3. https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/waymo-hits-11-cities-partners-with-lyft-in-nashville-push
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: av

Sources by quality tier

1
secondary-industry-publication
Industry publication
1
primary-company-ir
Company IR disclosure
1
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Methodology surface for Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Nashville.

Common questions

What is the Waymo Driver 6th-gen deployment at Nashville?
Waymo Driver 6th-gen, built by Waymo, is recorded as a deployment at Nashville on the DEPLOY registry. Waymo operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Nashville?
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 Nashville go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting April 7, 2026 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 Nashville?
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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