Deployment
Waymo Driver (6th gen) at San Antonio
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 · Machine verified · Robotaxis
Recent coverage
- Waymo receives green light for expansion across CaliforniaElectrive · 2026-08-17
- 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
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.
Verified status (May 2026): active public service since February 24, 2026 (fully autonomous, Waymo app), launched alongside Dallas, Houston, and Orlando. Not paused.
Key facts
- Service restriction (re-verified 2026-06-07)
- Operations paused in May 2026 due to flooding-related issues (same voluntary recall as Atlanta).
- Start
- February 24, 2026
- Technology
- Fully autonomous via Waymo app
- Status
- Active public service as of May 2026 verification
- Coverage
- Launched alongside Dallas, Houston, and Orlando
Exposure
- Customer segment
- consumer
- Scale tier
- undisclosed
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Safety record
1 recall on record (1 moderate). Most recent: May 2026.
- moderate
- 1
Most recent: May 2026
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Incidents on record (1)
Direct incidents recorded against this deployment. Retracted incidents are excluded here but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Machine verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-21
- Company
- Waymo
- Location
- United States/Texas/San Antonio
- Operator
- Waymo
- Status
- operational
- Operator type
- maker operated
- Scale at site
- undisclosed
- Site environment
- outdoor
- Location precision
- verified coordinates
- First seen
- 2025-01-01
- ID
204a4a25-abb1-41a7-84e3-55ae8632c730
Timeline
- Jan 2025First recordedWaymo Driver (6th gen) first documented operating at San Antonio.
- May 2026created
- Jun 2026field updatedkey facts: enrichment added → Service restriction (re-verified 2026-06-07)
- Aug 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest 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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On the deployment map
Waymo Driver (6th gen) operates in San Antonio. Explore the full verified map:
Verifications (1)
- Machine verified by DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 1.5 re-verification)2026-05-30
Evidence: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/waymo-pauses-service-in-four-cities-as-robotaxis-keep-driving-into-floods/ (Industry publication)
- asOf
- 2026-05-30
- basis
- Service paused since late April 2026 (unoccupied vehicle swept into Salado Creek) and remained paused through the May-2026 fleet flood recall; Waymo gave no restoration timeline. Confirms existing paused status (no change).
- status
- paused
Sources (6)
- TechCrunch: Waymo San Antonio service halted, software recall for flooding · https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/waymo-pauses-atlanta-service-as-its-robotaxis-keep-driving-into-floods/ · 2026-05-21
- 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
- https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/dallas-houston-san-antonio-orlando/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/24/waymo-opens-robotaxi-service-to-select-riders-in-4-more-us-cities.html
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/24/waymo-robotaxis-are-now-operating-in-10-us-cities/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/waymo-texas-florida-2026.html
Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: av
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 2
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
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