Ground vehicle (UGV/AMR)Commercial
Waymo Waymo Driver
SAE Level 4 autonomous driving system in commercial robotaxi service. In March 2026 it was reported to exceed 500,000 paid rides a week across ten US metro areas. It is the most mature example of autonomy within an urban operational domain at scale.
- Year
- 2020
- Origin
- United States
- Autonomy
- L4 · High autonomy
- Dataset review
- 2026-11 · Methodology & evidence levels
Spec sheet
Manufacturer maxima under declared conditions; not simultaneous. The test condition is shown under each value.
- Weight
- 2.2 t
- Editorial estimateestimate for the base vehicle (Jaguar I-PACE)
- Payload
- 400 kg
- Editorial estimateestimate: passengers and luggage
- Operating time
- 10 h
- Editorial estimateestimate of one operating shift
- Top speed
- 29 m/s
- Editorial estimate
Primary source quality: Manufacturer / operator
Backed by:[Waymo, 2020][Sherwood News, 2026]
Taxonomy profile
Where the platform sits on the four axes of the reference framework.
Autonomy
High autonomy- L0
- L1
- L2
- L3
- L4
- L5
Operates continuously without human intervention inside a bounded operational design domain (ODD).
Coordination
Coordinated- Standalone
- Coordinated
- Collaborative swarm
Shares state and telemetry through a base station or central server.
Control
primary: Supervised mission- FPV
- Teleop
- Supervised
- BVLOS
- RL/VLA
supported: Supervised mission
Perception
5 sensing modalities- 3D LiDAR
- RGB cameras
- mmWave radar
- GNSS / RTK
- IMU
Operating environments
- Urban / pedestrian
Sectors
- Logistics & last mile
Ideal business case
Autonomous urban mobility