Waymo Driver (6th gen)

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) is listed at $10 to $20 on the DEPLOY registry. This is an actual sale price on record.

Yes. Waymo Driver (6th gen) is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Yes. DEPLOY independently verifies Waymo Driver (6th gen) performing Transports passengers autonomously, with no human in the loop.

Waymo Driver (6th gen) is made by Waymo, based in Mountain View, CA, founded in 2009.

52 verified deployments of Waymo Driver (6th gen) are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, United States, San Diego, California, USA.

Waymo Driver (6th gen) is available for purchase - a real sale price is on record (see the pricing section for the figure and its source).

Waymo Driver (6th gen) has 4 regulatory records on the DEPLOY registry: NHTSA recall (26E-026), recalled; NHTSA recall (25E-034), recalled; NHTSA recall (24E-049), recalled and 1 more. See the Regulatory filings section for each agency source.

Waymo Driver (6th gen) runs Waymo Driver. Each brain assignment is verified at the registry level via primary sources.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable av robots to Waymo Driver (6th gen) include Zoox Robotaxi, Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS), May Mobility Autonomous Sienna, Ojai.

Waymo Driver (6th gen) and Zoox Robotaxi (Zoox · 30 deployments) are both av robots on the DEPLOY registry. Waymo Driver (6th gen) has 52 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Waymo Driver (6th gen) ranks in roughly the top 4% of av models tracked by the registry.

Waymo Driver (6th gen) is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.

Waymo Driver (6th gen) has 1091 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 35 recalls and 1056 incidents on record (3 catastrophic, 28 serious, 54 moderate, 1006 minor). Most recent: Jul 2026. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.

The Waymo Driver is Waymo's autonomous driving system, now in its 6th generation. It is not a human driver but the AI system that operates Waymo's driverless robotaxis. The 6th generation runs on the Waymo One ride-hailing service in multiple U.S. cities. There is no 'Waymo driver salary' because the Driver is an AI system, not a human employee.