New Vehicles? Waymo Depot in San Francisco on 6/6/2024

A view of the Waymo depot in San Francisco on June 6th, 2024 at around 12pm PST.Several things are worth noting here:

1. The depot is fairly empty, which indicates that many of the vehicles are in use;
2. A Jaguar iPace can be seen, still partially missing its sensor attachments;
3. Five new vehicles of the same SUV model of a brand I can’t identify are parked in the depot. Two in gray, three in white.

Multiple questions arise:

• Can anyone identify these vehicles?
• Are steering wheel-less Zeekr vehicles to be used again before those with steering wheels?
• Or is a partnership with a traditional manufacturer on the horizon?
• Are these vehicles fully electric?

Update: these vehicles appear to be either Ford Kuga or Ford Escape, which are being used for Roadside Assistance according to several reports from Waymo. And they are hybrids.

This article was also published in German.