Deployment
Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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 · Unverified
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /deployments/waymo-driver-gen6-phoenix-arizona-usa.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/robots/726b2e08-3fb8-4ef0-82d5-7ff48ff172b7
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Waymo One first commercial robotaxi service launched in Phoenix. 500 vehicles. Fully driverless operations.
Key facts
- Fleet size
- 500 vehicles
Safety record
No incidents on record for Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Unverified
- Last updated
- 2026-07-08
- Model
- Waymo Driver 6th-gen
- Company
- Waymo
- Location
- Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- Status
- operational
- First seen
- 2017-04-01
- ID
726b2e08-3fb8-4ef0-82d5-7ff48ff172b7
Sources (1)
- Waymo: Wikipedia · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waymo · 2017-04-01
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-08
Verification posture
Unreviewed
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-08
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: av
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Phoenix, Arizona, USA.Common questions
- What is the Waymo Driver 6th-gen deployment at Phoenix, Arizona, USA?
- Waymo Driver 6th-gen, built by Waymo, is recorded as a deployment at Phoenix, Arizona, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Waymo operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Phoenix, Arizona, USA?
- 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 Phoenix, Arizona, USA go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting April 1, 2017 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 Phoenix, Arizona, 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.
- Is Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Phoenix, Arizona, USA safe?
- Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Phoenix, Arizona, USA 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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