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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: 2) by stretch611 on Wednesday March 28 2018, @07:51AM (1 child)
On the positive side, if the car is ever in an accident you can always blame a mechanical failure. With a Jag, no one would ever doubt it.
There is a long running joke among auto-mechanics... If you buy a Jaguar, always buy two; that way, you have one to drive while the other is in the shop for repairs.
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
(Score: 2) by lentilla on Wednesday March 28 2018, @01:28PM
The way I remember it: with a Jaguar, at least you have somewhere comfortable to sit whilst you wait for the mechanic to turn up.