Waymo · self-driving truck
Waymo Via autonomous Class 8 truck
Class 8 tractors running the Waymo Driver, tested from 2017 and used in supervised freight pilots. Waymo paused most trucking work in July 2023 to focus on ride-hailing.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
A discontinued vehicle from Waymo.
Real-world use
Began quiet testing in Arizona and California in 2017, hauled freight to Google data centres in Atlanta in 2018 and ran Dallas-Houston pilots with J.B. Hunt and Uber Freight before the 2023 pause.
Maker
WaymoCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Safety driver on board
- Where it runs
- Arizona, California, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico (testing, until 2023)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current vehicles.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
Lineage
Every Waymo vehicle in order.
Firefly (Google self-driving car prototype)2014Retired
Waymo Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid (4th-gen Waymo Driver)2016Retired- Waymo Via autonomous Class 8 truck2017Discontinued
Waymo Jaguar I-PACE (5th-gen Waymo Driver)2018Commercial
Waymo Ojai (6th-gen Waymo Driver, Zeekr-built)2021Commercial
Waymo Hyundai IONIQ 5 (6th-gen Waymo Driver)2024Prototype
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Waymo Via autonomous Class 8 truckWaymo |  Embark autonomous truck (Peterbilt 579)Embark TrucksSame jobs: freight, long-haul trucking · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Ike autonomous truckIke RoboticsSame jobs: freight, long-haul trucking · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Locomation Autonomous Relay ConvoyLocomationSame jobs: freight, long-haul trucking · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
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| First shown | 2017 | 2017-02 | 2018 | 2020 |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued | Retired | Discontinued |
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Sources
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