The first samples we can get on the road by the end of the year.
Concern Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and Google confirmed that together will create the minivan with the autopilot. Companies are going to produce and test about 100 Chrysler Pacifica with Autonomous control.
Thus, Google for the first time since the announcement about working on your own car in 2009 begins the collaboration with traditional automaker.
“The FCA makes a great concert minivans, so for us it is enough just to install their systems for Autonomous control, including the computer with all the software developed by our company. And the design of the van gives us the opportunity to test a vehicle of large dimensions, which may be more convenient for passengers from the point of view of loading and unloading in him,” – says the official statement from Google.
If Google and the FCA will indeed launch a joint production of minivans Autonomous – it can become a serious alternative to traditional public transport. This has already been mentioned by the head of Google on the creation of autopilots Chris Urmson.
“The government can start buying minivans with the autopilot, not expensive buses. The main thing that requires attention is the standards that determine what transport has the right to use the city”, – said Urmson.
Separately, Google representatives said that the cooperation with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles does not constitute a waiver of the joint work in the future with other automakers.
