Google designs new self-driving fleet
Google is making progress in its quest to lead the driverless vehicle charge, with plans to add 100 vehicles to its fleet in the next 12 months, according to a recent blog post.
The testing program now runs across four US cities (Mountain View, California; Austin, Texas; Kirkland, Washington; and Metro Phoenix, Arizona) and has clocked up a total of just under 2.5 million kilometres in autonomous mode.
The company has collaborated with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) to develop the Chrysler Pacific Hybrid mini-van, a specially designed vehicle that will make it easier to install Google’s self-driving systems. Each vehicle is kitted out with around AU$200,000 worth of hardware, software and sensors. Google says that the new mini-van design is an opportunity to test larger vehicles and will help both companies better understand the practical requirements.
The company will take delivery of “a few” of the vehicles by the end of this year, with the remaining 100 or so due on the roads in early 2017.
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