11:52 AM EDT, 08/19/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Waymo said Monday its sixth-generation hardware features an "optimized" sensor suite at a reduced cost, without compromising safety on the road.

The latest system has 13 cameras, four light detection and ranging sensors and six radars that provide "overlapping fields of view" and can operate under various weather conditions, Waymo said.

"We've significantly reduced the cost of our 6th-generation system while delivering even more resolution, range, compute power, and enabling more capabilities," Waymo Vice President of Engineering Satish Jeyachandran said in a blog post.

Waymo said it is testing and validating the new hardware to safely integrate it into the company's fleet.

The current fifth-generation system includes 29 cameras and five lidar sensors, CNBC reported Monday.

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