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

Waymo's 6th-gen Driver runs fully autonomous commercial robotaxi service (since Feb 2026) on the Zeekr RT and Hyundai IONIQ 5. It's a ride service, not sold to consumers. No consumer price.

## Price

_No verified price on record._

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.)

## Availability

_Status: internal-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.

## 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).

## Compare

| Model | Pricing | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Zoox Robotaxi](/price/zoox-robotaxi) | No consumer price | absence (Pilot (purpose-built, free demos)) |
| [Cruise AV](/price/cruise-av) | No consumer price | absence (Wound-down (post-incident)) |
| [Baidu Apollo RT6](/price/apollo-rt6) | No consumer price | absence (Commercial at scale (China)) |
| [Tesla Cybercab](/price/tesla-cybercab) | <$30K target | stated (Promised (announced, no date)) |

## Common questions

### Can I buy a Waymo?

No. 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?

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.

## How DEPLOY verified this

- [How DEPLOY tracks pricing](https://news.deploy.report/methodology/how-we-track-pricing)
- [How DEPLOY verifies deployment status](https://news.deploy.report/methodology/how-we-verify-deployment-status)

## Related reading

- [Deploy News: Robotaxis](https://news.deploy.report/explainers/robotaxi)
- [Deploy News: How DEPLOY verifies](https://news.deploy.report/explainers/how-deploy-verifies)

## On the registry

- [Model record](https://registry.deploy.report/models/waymo-driver-gen6.md)
- [Manufacturer](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/waymo.md)

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