https://venturebeat.com/2018/03/27/waymo-and-jaguar-to-build-a-fleet-of-all-electric-self-driving-cars/ Waymo and Jaguar to build a fleet of all-electric self-driving cars March 27, 2018 Paul Sawers
[image https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1-7gapas0s4yszhfqxyhawgw.jpeg?fit=578%2C323&strip=all Waymo & Jaguar: Self-driving I-Pace https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1-gxj5pqurc0jnqxkunzsywa.jpeg?resize=1024%2C552&strip=all Waymo: Jaguar I-PACE ] Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google parent company Alphabet, has announced a partnership with Jaguar Land Rover to engineer what it’s touting as “the world’s first premium electric fully self-driving vehicle,” according to a Waymo blog post. U.K.-based Jaguar Land Rover unveiled its first pure electric vehicle (EV), the I-Pace, back in 2016, though the vehicle’s not scheduled to go to market until later this year. Now Waymo has committed to developing 20,000 autonomous versions of the I-Pace over the next few years. Self-driving vehicles hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons last week after an Uber car fatally collided with a pedestrian, leading Arizona to suspend Uber’s self-driving vehicle permit across the state. This incident means there will likely be much more scrutiny of self-driving cars across many states. Waymo has been testing autonomous cars in the wild for some time and has already racked up more than 5 million autonomous miles. It has also revealed plans for a self-driving ride-hailing service, unveiled a self-driving minivan, and earlier this month announced it was piloting self-driving cargo trucks for Google’s Atlanta datacenters. Adding a fully electric vehicle to its autonomous vehicle lineup seems like a logical next step, considering it’s far and away the prevailing trend across the automobile industry. “Imagine a world where you can take a self-driving minivan to the baseball game with family, and a self-driving I-PACE home after a night out? — ?in both cases, a car perfectly suited for your needs. That’s the world we’re building,” the company said. Waymo said that it plans to begin integrating the self-driving I-Pace into its fleet later this year. [© venturebeat.com] ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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" ... ... (dated) https://qz.com/1124906/jlr-is-essentially-tata-motors-now-how-tatas-british-acquisition-is-keeping-the-indian-carmaker-alive/ The only thing keeping Tata Motors alive and kicking is its British acquisition Nov 10, 2017 ... Tata Motors acquired JLR for over $2.4 billion almost a decade ago in 2008 ... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/27/waymo-self-driving-taxis-jaguar-land-rover Jaguar to supply 20000 cars to Google's self-driving spin-off Waymo 27 Mar 2018 The manufacturer said it would be “a long-term strategic partnership” to develop the world's first premium self-driving electric vehicle. Testing of the Jaguar car, equipped with Waymo's self-driving technology, will start in Arizona later this year. The expansion of the service comes despite fresh fears raised over the safety of ... https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f70a4ee80296e0d9f66fedbad8241adb36b3734c/0_234_3500_2100/master/3500.jpg?w=1225&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=cb5e57a89efa4d46fe157532044152cb + http://bronx.news12.com/story/37832037/bronx-students-drive-electric-car-for-drivers-ed-class Bronx students drive electric car for driver's ed class Mar 28, 2018 The city has about 1,300 electric vehicles, topped with solar panels, that hook up to the solar-powered charging stations. Students were able to charge the … (v) For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
