"Waymo's newest vehicle has a name: Ojai. Made by Chinese automaker Zeekr, the electric van will roll out to Waymo's various markets later this year. The company still has about 1,000 more Jaguar I-Pace EVs on order and those could stay in service for years. But after that, Waymo is moving to these vans and Hyundai Ioniq 5s. Waymo spent much of last year in rapid expansion mode, moving into Austin, Los Angeles, Atlanta and other citiesall while announcing even more ambitious growth into Minneapolis, London."
"Amazingly, the Alphabet-owned robotaxi company has done all of that on the strength of the aging Jaguar I-Pace. But Jaguar's electric crossover is getting some much-needed backup soon. And at CES 2026 this week, Waymo officials offered a few more details about what's coming next. Its next model, a van built by the Chinese automaker Zeekr, even gets a name: the Waymo Ojai."
""The Ojai is going to be deployed amongst our markets," Bonelli said, declining to specify which cities might get the vans first. "We're looking to scale into 20-plus additional cities this year, on top of the five we currently operate in. We will need all the vehicles we can get deployed." We've already seen them testing in San Diego, where Waymo plans to deploy robotaxis next year."
Waymo will add a Zeekr-built electric van named Ojai to its fleet and plans deployments across multiple U.S. cities later this year. The company still has roughly 1,000 Jaguar I‑Pace EVs on order that may remain in service for years, but will transition to Zeekr vans and Hyundai Ioniq 5s afterward. Rapid expansion last year included Austin, Los Angeles, and Atlanta, with plans to expand into more than 20 additional cities and markets such as Minneapolis, London and Tokyo. The Ojai name comes from a California city and was chosen because the Zeekr brand is unfamiliar to many American consumers. Testing has been observed in San Diego, and the vans are manufactured in China and imported to the U.S.
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