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Waymo Driver (6th-gen): Price, Availability & Status (2026)

By Waymo

Robotaxi (av)
Form factor
verified
Fully autonomous
Autonomy
verified
Commercial
State (since Feb 2026)
verified
<$20K target
Per-unit (Waymo-stated)
stated
Waymo
Maker
verified
No consumer price
Pricing (ride service)
absence
verifiedstatedclaimedabsence
The Waymo Driver is the verified-commercial anchor of DEPLOY's robotaxi cluster: the reference point against which the Chinese commercial operators (Baidu Apollo, Pony, WeRide), the purpose-built pilot (Zoox), and the wound-down cautionary case (Cruise) are read.
It is genuinely commercial and fully autonomous: since February 2026 it has run fully autonomous commercial operations on the purpose-built Zeekr RT and Hyundai IONIQ 5, with a 13-camera / 4-lidar / 6-radar sensor suite.

Price

$10 to $20verified

actual sale price · Waymo One service (multiple press reports: Ars Technica, The Verge, Bloomberg 2023-2024); fares are dynamic, comparable to Uber/Lyft surge; $10-20 typical for SF short-medium rides. No official Waymo rate card published. ↗ · as of 2024-08-01

There is no consumer price. A Waymo is a ride service, not a vehicle sold to consumers, so DEPLOY records zero price points. (To ride, see the Waymo One service.)

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Availability

Internal use only

This is a ride service, not a consumer product. The 6th-gen Waymo Driver runs fully autonomous commercial robotaxi operations (since February 2026) on the purpose-built Zeekr RT ('Ojai') and the Hyundai IONIQ 5.

Real-world status

The sixth-generation Waymo Driver is Waymo's autonomous-driving stack for fully autonomous robotaxi service, and the verified-commercial anchor of DEPLOY's robotaxi cluster. It integrates 13 cameras, 4 lidars, 6 radars, and external audio receivers with up to roughly 500m detection range, using 42% fewer sensors than the 5th-gen Jaguar I-PACE system, and runs on the purpose-built Zeekr RT (sold as the 'Ojai', no steering wheel or pedals) and the Hyundai IONIQ 5. It began fully autonomous commercial operations in February 2026. One verified-vs-claimed cap-flag: Waymo states a per-unit hardware cost target under $20,000 (a more-than-50% reduction from the 5th-gen system), but that is a stated manufacturing target, not a consumer price (you ride a Waymo, you do not buy one).

Verified-vs-claimed: Waymo's per-unit hardware cost figure (a target under $20,000) is a stated manufacturing target, not a consumer price. You ride a Waymo, you do not buy one.
There is no consumer price. The Waymo Driver is a ride-service stack, not a vehicle sold to consumers, so DEPLOY records zero price points. The Waymo One service carries the per-ride pricing.
Robotaxi verification posture: Waymo vs Apollo vs CruiseWaymo DriverBaidu Apollo RT6Cruise AV
State
Commercial (US)
verified
Commercial (China)
verified
Wound-down
verified
Autonomy
Fully autonomous
verified
Fully driverless
verified
Was driverless (ended)
verified
Sold to consumers?
No (ride service)
verified
No (ride service)
verified
No (discontinued)
verified
Pricing
No consumer price
absence
No consumer price
absence
No consumer price
absence

Sources: DEPLOY registry, Waymo (official), CNBC / WardsAuto

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I buy a Waymo?

Noabsence. A Waymo is a ride service, not a vehicle sold to consumers; there is no consumer price. To ride, see the Waymo One service.

How much does the Waymo Driver cost to build?

Waymo states a per-unit hardware cost target under $20,000stated (a more-than-50% reduction from the 5th-gen system), but that is a stated manufacturing target, not a consumer price.

Is the Waymo Driver commercial?

Yesverified. The 6th-gen Driver began fully autonomous commercial operations in February 2026, on the purpose-built Zeekr RT and the Hyundai IONIQ 5.

Compare this price to cohort

Zoox RobotaxiNo consumer priceabsencePilot (purpose-built, free demos)Cruise AVNo consumer priceabsenceWound-down (post-incident)Baidu Apollo RT6No consumer priceabsenceCommercial at scale (China)Tesla Cybercab<$30K targetstatedPromised (announced, no date)

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How DEPLOY verifies this

Pricing and availability are tagged verified or claimed against primary sources. Manufacturer targets are reported as targets, not prices you can pay today.

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Waymo Driver (6th gen) registry record (full citations) →

Last updated 2026-07-08.

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