Google, Fiat Chrysler Plan Partnership On Self-Driving Minivans (androidheadlines.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Tuesday May 3, 2016 @12:20PM from the autonomous-vehicles dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Google and Fiat Chrysler were in "late stage talks" last week about working out a partnership where the two could build some self-driving cars together. Google has the tech available -- it just needs to partner with a car manufacturer, as Google hasn't mass-produced a car before, and could use the experience. A report coming out of Bloomberg says the two companies could be putting Google's autonomous driving technology into some prototypes of the upcoming Pacifica minivan. The report says Fiat Chrysler is looking to equip their upcoming plug-in hybrid Pacifica with Google's autonomous technology. Google could still work out a deal with Ford, which was rumored a few months ago, and they have been reportedly in talks with General Motors, but the deal with Chrysler could be signed as soon as today.

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Re:Why do we need self-driving cars? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-05-03 13:14 · Score: 2, Interesting

I expect this post will be buried at -1 because nobody wants to answer tough questions like this.
Saying this isn't some sort of magic talisman you know.