{"id":"8bc88129-5b50-4ac9-85fa-64438647ce0f","companyId":"2128addc-20c8-4c31-aef5-be5ada97aede","modelName":"Waymo Via (autonomous trucking)","slug":"waymo-via","description":"Waymo's autonomous-trucking program (Waymo Via), which applied the Waymo Driver to Class 8 trucks and ran supervised freight pilots with UPS, J.B. Hunt, and Wayfair (and a Daimler Truck partnership). Waymo suspended the Via trucking program in July 2023 to focus on robotaxi, and it was never revived. The Waymo Driver continues only in Waymo's robotaxi application.","formFactor":"truck","maturityStage":"pilot","lifecycleState":"discontinued","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"end":"trucking program suspended July 2023","type":"Class 8 autonomous truck program","autonomy":"Waymo Driver","historicalPeak":"supervised freight pilots"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://waymo.com/blog/2021/11/waymo-via-expands-partnership-with-ups","title":"Waymo Via expands its partnership with UPS (Class 8, Gen-5 Waymo Driver) (Nov 2021)","sourceName":"Waymo (official)"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/14/j-b-hunt-will-be-waymos-first-self-driving-freight-customer/","title":"J.B. Hunt to be Waymo's first self-driving freight customer (Jan 14, 2022)","sourceName":"TechCrunch"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/26/waymo-puts-the-brakes-on-self-driving-trucks-program/","title":"Waymo puts the brakes on its self-driving trucks program (Jul 26, 2023)","sourceName":"TechCrunch"}],"aliases":["Waymo Via","Waymo trucking"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-31T12:24:15.619Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-31T12:24:15.619Z"}