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Waymo and Jaguar will build up to 20,000 self-driving electric SUVs
Waymo and Jaguar Land Rover have inked a deal that will add tens of thousands of all-electric I-Pace SUVs to the Alphabet unit's growing lineup of self-driving taxis. The I-Pace, which made its global debut earlier this month, is not as much of a people-mover as Waymo's Chrysler Pacifica minivans, but it will serve as a more high-end ride for those willing to pay a premium for their driverless transportation.
The first prototype I-Pace with Waymo's self-driving technology will hit the road for public testing at the end of 2018, and officially become part of Waymo's commercial ride-hailing service starting in 2020. Waymo and Jaguar Land Rover's engineers will work in tandem to build these cars to be self-driving from the start, rather than retrofitting them after they come off the assembly line. Long-term, the companies say they plan to build up to 20,000 vehicles in the first two years of production, with the goal of serving a potential 1 million trips a day. It's unclear how much money would be trading hands under the deal.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 28 2018, @01:57AM (3 children)
Be extra-careful when crossing the street at night.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Wednesday March 28 2018, @02:00AM (2 children)
How about: Use the crosswalk or die crossing the street.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 28 2018, @07:27AM (1 child)
As long as the crosswalk has raiseable bollards to stop any driverless cars, fine.
Otherwise, a crosswalk is even less of an obstacle than a pedestrian.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday March 28 2018, @07:34AM
The Uber killer on wheels is at least capable of slowing down before intersections, where the crosswalks typically are. So crossing there instead of some random spot along the median could give you a higher chance of survival.
But it is a moot point now that Uber has suspended all testing in Arizona, California, Pittsburgh, and Toronto.
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