Fiat Chrysler says it has signed an “exclusive” deal with Waymo on self-driving tech, ending its 18-month relationship with Amazon-backed Aurora
Agreement will help Google sibling in attempt to bring its technology into the mainstream
Financial Times
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Discussion
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@petercampbell1
Peter Campbell
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🚨 New Fiat Chrysler-Waymo deal 🚨 🚘 FCA to use Waymo tech exclusively for all “level 4” vehicles 🚘 FCA ditches Aurora after just 18 months 🚘 Waymo to use FCA LCVs (ie Ram ProMaster) for delivery fleet Story with @PatrickMcGee_ here: https://www.ft.com/...
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@waymo
@waymo
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In 2016, we announced @fcagroup as our first OEM partner. Together, we've made autonomous driving history with Waymo One. Now, our exclusive, strategic L4 partnership across FCA's product portfolio opens new doors to goods delivery with Waymo Via. https://blog.waymo.com/... https…
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@ericjhonsa
Eric Jhonsa
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Waymo lands its second deal with an automaker in which the automaker plans to use Waymo's tech within its own commercial vehicles, as opposed to simply supplying cars for Waymo's fleet. Follows a deal with Volvo last month. $GOOG https://blog.waymo.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@johnkrafcik
John Krafcik
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FCA was our first OEM partner, and together we've brought the world's first & only on-road autonomous driver+vehicle to the world - no licensed human driver required. Now we're expanding our partnership and the scope of the Waymo Driver in major ways. https://blog.waymo.com/... h…
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@benedictevans
Benedict Evans
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Periodic reminder that Tesla autonomy software isn't competing with car companies - it's competing with other tech companies. https://twitter.com/...
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@ampressman
Aaron Pressman
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More than three dozen universities from around the world have signed up for the Indy Autonomous Challenge, a race to be held at the speedway in October 2021 featuring self-driving racing cars. https://www.wsj.com/...