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Google, Fiat Chrysler Plan Partnership On Self-Driving Minivans (androidheadlines.com)
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.
Is that no one wants to be self driven. 99% of people want to drive themselves.
Actually, you're projecting... I suspect the majority of people will love self-driving cars...
YOU might not, and that's ok, but I want one...
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.
Yeah right. I say this as someone who rides performance motorcycles for fun and hence understand the enjoyment of driving. If I could get in a car every day and have it drive me to work while I was free to do work you couldn't sign me up fast enough.
Wow, an email? Really? Well that settles it then! It must be true!
In the future I suspect that some people will still drive manually for pleasure,
That's fine, as long as they don't do it on a public road where they may endanger other people.
Sergio Marchionne, CEO of FCA, has been running around telling anyone who would listen that the auto company is going to need more partnerships in design and production. The rest of the industry has been saying "no, no we don't" and laughing at them for being failures. Well, I doubt they're laughing now. The auto industry has been alternately concerned and intrigued about the idea of partnering with Apple or Google on a self-driving car, because getting them involved will create some disruption in the market and the auto companies have had a good thing going here selling us minorly-revised crap for a long time.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"