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Google Self-Driving Car Project and FCA to integrate self-driving technology into 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan

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The Google Self-Driving Car Project and FCA announced will collaborate to integrate Google’s self-driving technology into all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans ( earlier post ) to expand Google’s existing self-driving test program. —John Krafcik, CEO, Google Self-Driving Car Project.

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

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Waymo (formerly the Google self-driving car project) will add an additional 500 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans ( earlier post ) to expand its self-driving program. FCA previously delivered 100 minivans, modified for self-driving, to Waymo during the second half of 2016. Earlier post.)

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Renault and Volvo team up on next generation electric vans

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The Flexis vans will be Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs) built around Google’s Android Auto operating system. This allows Google to go beyond the screen into the functions of the car,” says de Meo. Electrek’s Take Volvo EM90 minivan; via Volvo Cars.

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FCA delivers 100 uniquely built Chrysler Pacifica PHEVs to Waymo for autonomous driving test fleet

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Waymo (formerly the Google self-driving car project, earlier post ) and FCA announced that production of 100 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans ( earlier post ) uniquely built to enable fully self-driving operations has been completed.

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Chevy Bolt EV electric car to be GM-Lyft self-driving car testbed

Green Car Reports

It's the season of autonomous-car announcements, apparently. This week Google and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced that the Silicon Valley giant would use the Detroit automaker's 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans for its self-driving car research.

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Waymo purchase of Chrysler Pacifica Hybrids may limit consumer access to federal rebate

Green Car Reports

Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google's parent company, Alphabet, put in an order for 62,000 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans last week to put into test fleets around the country. Riders will be able to summon the vans as taxis and be whisked to their destination complete with a "driver" who isn't actually driving.

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2024 Chevy Camaro, 2025 Volkswagen Tiguan: Nowadays’s Automotive Information

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A prototype for a redesigned Volkswagen Tiguan has been noticed, with the unedited check car dressed in slightly any camouflage tools. Even though a successor hasn’t been introduced, Chevy has showed that it isn’t curtains for the Camaro simply but.

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