Zeekr robotaxis expand to 14 American cities as a part of Waymo fleet Waymo began public driverless ride-hailing services in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa on September 1, expanding its U.S. operating footprint to 14 cities. Denver and San Diego launched with the Zeekr-built Ojai as the exclusive vehicle platform, giving Waymo’s newest robotaxi a larger role as the company transitions away from its Jaguar I-Pace fleet. The Waymo Ojai, internally identified as the Zeekr CM1e and previously associated with the Zeekr RT designation, is manufactured in Ningbo, China, before being shipped to the United States for autonomous-system integration in Mesa, Arizona. Zeekr supplies the vehicle platform, while Waymo supplies the autonomous driving system, computing hardware, and sensors. Magna is involved in downstream integration. Denver puts the Ojai into a new environment Denver adds a cold-weather, high-altitude environment to the Ojai’s commercial deployment. The vehicle uses Geely’s SEA-M architecture with redundant steer-by-wire and brake-by-wire systems. Its single rear permanent-magnet synchronous motor produces 200 kW (268 hp) and 342 N·m (252 lb-ft) of torque, paired with a 93 kWh gross-capacity battery. Waymo’s sixth-generation system uses four LiDAR units, six radar sensors, and 13 external cameras, compared with 29 cameras and five LiDARs on the fifth-generation Jaguar I-Pace. The Ojai’s cameras use 17-megapixel imagers. Heated sensor housings and 10 miniature wipers, each less than 3 inches (76 mm) long, are designed to keep sensor surfaces clear of snow, slush and ice. The Ojai measures 4,640 mm long with a 3,000 mm wheelbase and uses opposing sliding doors around a B-pillarless passenger opening. Its 2+3 cabin leaves four usable passenger positions because the driver’s seat is unavailable to riders. The battery uses active liquid cooling. More than 3,200 Ojai chassis have entered the US More than 3,200 CM1e chassis had landed through the