Waymo begins fully autonomous ops with 6th-gen Driver, targets 1M weekly rides

Waymo begins fully autonomous ops with 6th-gen Driver, targets 1M weekly rides

Waymo is now running its 6th-generation Driver without safety drivers on public roads, marking the beginning of fully autonomous operations with the company’s latest and most cost-effective hardware stack. The announcement, authored by Waymo VP of Engineering Satish Jeyachandran, confirms that the 6th-generation system, first unveiled in August 2024, is now validated for driverless operations across multiple cities. Waymo describes it as the pro…

Waymo Begins Deploying Next-Gen Ojai Robotaxis in the US

Waymo is putting its most advanced self-driving system yet on the road. The Alphabet-owned company announced on Feb. 12 that it has begun fully autonomous operations with its sixth-generation Waymo Driver system. The new fleet, built on base vehicles from Chinese automaker Geely, represents the company’s most aggressive push yet to scale its technology while driving down costs. “This latest system serves as the primary engine for our next era of…

Waymo Cuts the Cord: How Google’s Robotaxi Unit Is Betting Its Future on a Fully Driverless 6th-Generation Fleet

For years, the autonomous vehicle industry has operated with a safety net — human operators stationed behind the wheel or monitoring remotely, ready to intervene when algorithms falter. Now, Alphabet’s Waymo is making the boldest declaration yet that the training wheels are coming off. The company announced it will deploy its sixth-generation autonomous driving technology without any option for a human driver, eliminating the steering wheel and …

Waymo scales up its driverless cars with cheaper hardware

Waymo has begun operating its latest autonomous driving system on public roads without safety drivers. In the long contest to commercialise robotaxis, the compa