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FCA US to deliver thousands of Chrysler Pacifica plug-in Hybrid Minivans to Waymo’s self-driving service

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FCA previously delivered 100 Pacifica Hybrid minivans, adapted for self-driving, to Waymo during the second half of 2016 and an additional 500 in 2017. Waymo is set to open its autonomous ride-hailing service to the public beginning in Phoenix this year. including Atlanta, San Francisco, Metro Detroit, Phoenix and Kirkland, Washington.

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Mercedes-Benz launching capacitive steering wheel in E-Class this summer

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The first automobile in the world, the patent motor car by Carl Benz of 1886, still managed “without,” just like the “steel wheel car” designed by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in 1889—neither of them had a steering wheel. In 1900, Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft also equipped its Phoenix racing car with a steering wheel.

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Waymo adding 500 more Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Minivans to self-driving program; early rider program

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FCA previously delivered 100 minivans, modified for self-driving, to Waymo during the second half of 2016. Waymo’s early rider program will give selected Phoenix residents the opportunity to experience the self-driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans for the first time at no charge. Earlier post.)

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Study finds cities can reduce CO2 more easily from residential conservation than transportation

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Unaccompanied by modal diversion programs, the stand-alone potential for local compact growth programs to reduce auto-based CO 2 emissions falls into a more modest range of 0 to 7 percent depending on the metropolitan area. a rapid electrification of the automobile fleet. —David Hsu, co-author. miles per gallon by the year 2027.