{"id":302120,"date":"2025-11-21T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:45:28","slug":"waymo-approved-areas-of-operation-for-driverless-testing-and-deployment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/vehicle-industry-services\/autonomous-vehicles\/autonomous-vehicle-testing-permit-holders\/waymo-approved-areas-of-operation-for-driverless-testing-and-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Waymo Approved Areas of Operation for Driverless Testing and Deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vehicle Platforms:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jaguar I-Pace and Zeekr Ojai<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hours of Operations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All times of day and night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ODD Characteristics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All rain, fog, and other conditions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All Speeds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Approved ODD Maps:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Waymo-Image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-302132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Waymo-Image-1.jpg 404w, https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Waymo-Image-1-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Waymo-Image-1-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Waymo-Image-1-353x283.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dmv-spacer-block spacer-box\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Waymo-Image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-302135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Waymo-Image-2.jpg 398w, https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Waymo-Image-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Waymo-Image-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Waymo-Image-2-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Waymo-Image-2-283x283.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vehicle Platforms: Jaguar I-Pace and Zeekr Ojai Hours of Operations: All times of day and night ODD Characteristics: All rain, fog, and other conditions All Speeds Approved ODD Maps:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":1571,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"dmv_page_popups":[],"dmv_ribbon_color":"","dmv_top_illustration":"","dmv_page_title":"","dmv_page_subtitle":"","dmv_allowed_editors":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[15212],"dmv_task":[193],"dmv_functional_page_type":[64],"dmv_content_type":[],"class_list":["post-302120","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-av-test-permit","dmv_task-permits","dmv_functional_page_type-informational"],"featured_image_src":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Waymo Approved Areas of Operation for Driverless Testing and Deployment - California DMV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The timeline below highlights key milestones in the company&#039;s activities in California. 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