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Waymo

Waymo is an autonomous car development company and subsidiary of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc. Google had begun testing the self-driving car project in 2009. Alphabet describes Waymo as "a self-driving tech company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around". 


 The new company is working towards making self-driving cars available to the public soon.The company plans that "[its] next step will be to let people trial fully self-driving cars to do everyday things like run errands or commute to work."



In 2018, the company placed separate orders for "thousands" of hybrid-drive Pacifica minivans and 20,000 Jaguar I-Pace electric sedans. The vehicles are intended to help launch ride-hailing services in various cities, enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of riders each day.


The Waymo project team has equipped various types of cars with the self-driving equipment, including the Toyota Prius, Audi TT, Fiat Chrysler Pacifica and Lexus RX450h. Google has also developed their own custom vehicle, which is assembled by Roush Enterprises and uses equipment from Bosch, ZF Lenksysteme, LG, and Continental.

Sources : google images & wikipedia 

 

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