The mother of Google company will work with more automakers on self-driving cars - recent partnership of the alphabet with Fiat Chrysler ...
recent partnership of the alphabet with Fiat Chrysler to build car technology auto- driving in a minivan Chrysler will be the first of many such offers, the company Google mother said Thursday.
The agreement Fiat Chrysler, announced in May, will see about 100 of the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans equipped with self-driving technology for use in tests in alphabetical order. The first cars are expected to hit public streets later this year and will more than the current fleet of two alphabet test self-driving vehicles.
The current fleet of the alphabet consists of 24 Lexus SUV equipped with sensors, scanners, cameras, and 34 prototype vehicles that were custom built for Alphabet with technology integrated therein.
Chrysler Fiat Fiat and Chrysler integrate Google self-driving car technology Google in 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan.
The Fiat Chrysler is the first agreement that sees Alphabet works directly with an automaker, but will not be the last, said Ruth Porat, CFO of Google and society Alphabet mother, in a conference call with investors on Thursday.
"We are pleased to work with FCA, more than double the number of cars we're having," she said. "We do not expect, we will work with many partners in this area."
Porat stopped when disclosing additional offers are expected.
self-driving cars are one of the biggest "Moonshot" paris-Alphabet investments in promising new areas of technology that could be years away from commercialization, but could fundamentally transform industries on success.
"We are solving a very big need," said Portat the search for self-driving.
During the last quarter, Alphabet recorded losses of $ 859 million in pursuing these paris, largely on investment in the project of Google High Speed Internet Fiber. Losses were easily covered by the profits of $ 7 billion operating at the Google Alphabet division.
Martyn Williams A Google self-driving car navigates streets near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, June 29, 2015 .
Alphabet is currently testing self-driving cars in four US cities: around its headquarters in Mountain View, California; in Phoenix, Arizona; Kirkland, Washington; and Austin, Texas.
The cars traveled over 1.7 million miles (2.8 million kilometers) in standalone mode since the project began in 09.
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