Waymo, it is the small name of the new subsidiary of Alphabet, the one that will work on autonomous cars. The project therefore takes a body out of the labs of Google X, this is no longer a “Moonshot Project”, but a full-fledged company intended for future sales. It will be noted, however, that the website put in line by the firm makes no mention of the vehicle itself, but focuses on the technology, thus confirming the words of The Information that we relayions yesterday.
The website also shows some autonomous vehicles of the firm, including the famous prototype “yoghurt pot” that we can see and hold in a promotional video that looks like all the promotional videos of the Silicon Valley. It tells in particular the story of a non-seeing, visiting at the home of his doctor in the car, alone. The site shows more the Chrysler Pacifica, in its standalone version, which is expected to hit the roads as early as next year with 100 copies to start with.
Waymo recalls that its technology has been proven on more than 2 million miles (3.2 million km) of bitumen to which is added a further one million simulated. At the present time 60 vehicles plying the roads open to the public. Last point, Waymo has published a video plus a technique to show how the vehicle “sees” the road. It sees well, it is always impressive.
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