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Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Toronto

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 · 3 sources · not yet field-verified · Robotaxis

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Waymo announced on October 16, 2026 that it is bringing its robotaxi service to Toronto, its first Canadian market, with the goal of welcoming its first riders in 2028. Waymo says its vehicles will appear on Toronto streets in the coming days, driven manually at first, starting with high-definition mapping and then testing with trained autonomous specialists behind the wheel.

Waymo names Element Fleet Management (Toronto-headquartered) as its fleet management partner. The Globe and Mail reports the Ontario government gave Waymo the green light to participate in an autonomous vehicle pilot program. Waymo has not named the vehicle platform for Toronto; the Waymo Driver model record is used as the closest fit and the hardware generation for Toronto is not confirmed.

Key facts

Announced
October 16, 2026
First riders
Waymo's goal: 2028
Fleet partner
Element Fleet Management (per Waymo)
Next step
Manual driving and HD mapping, then supervised testing (per Waymo)

Safety record

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

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-10-16
Model
Waymo Driver (6th gen)
Company
Waymo
Location
Canada/Toronto
Operator
Waymo
Status
announced
ID
391ac7cd-e10c-4023-a5a6-144559d56da5

Timeline

  1. Oct 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 30 deployment sites and 1,500 units.

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Sources (3)

  1. Hello Toronto! Waymo is En Route · https://waymo.com/blog/2026/10/waymo-in-toronto/ · 2026-10-16
  2. Self-driving taxi company Waymo to launch in Toronto, plans to begin service in 2028 · https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-waymo-to-launch-in-toronto-begin-service-in-2028/ · 2026-10-16
  3. https://www.instagram.com/p/Deihl0Dl55x/ · 2026-10-15
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-16

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-16

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: av

Sources by quality tier

3
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Common questions

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