Waymo has its sights set on its next robotaxi: the Hyundai Ioniq 5. The Alphabet company announced that it was entering a “multi-year, strategic” partnership with the Hyundai Motor Group that will result in the Ioniq 5 eventually joining its robotaxi fleet.

Hyundai’s upgraded 2025 IONIQ 5, hitting the US this fall, will join Waymo’s robotaxi fleet. As part of a new multi-year partnership, Hyundai is preparing to allocate a “significant” amount of IONIQ 5 models for the Waymo One robotaxi fleet.

Waymo's Ioniq 5s will be made in the USA. The highly rated EV is going into production at Hyundai's new factory in Georgia shortly and from there will be upfitted with Waymo's hardware and software at a facility in Mesa, Arizona, operated in conjunction with the tier 1 supplier Magna International.