Gia Motors News According to Reuters, Waymo, a self-driving subsidiary of Alphabet, is in talks with South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor about outsourcing the production of its self-driving cars.
It is reported that Waymo and Hyundai Motor executives have held more than three meetings to discuss plans to use Hyundai IONIQ 5 electric vehicles in Waymo’s sixth-generation autonomous driving technology.
Waymo has reportedly purchased vehicles from Stellantis and Jaguar Land Rover and integrated its technology into base vehicles to provide autonomous driving ride-hailing services in Phoenix, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
In addition, Waymo is also testing its next-generation self-driving vehicle technology using Zeekr electric vehicles.
Responding to the report, Waymo said in a statement to Reuters: “We decline to comment on the speculation, but we are working hard to test the sixth-generation Waymo Driver on the Gekrypton platform and plan to introduce it when it is ready.
“, Gekrypton said its partnership with Waymo had not changed, adding that they were “actively cooperating to deploy vehicles.
” Hyundai Motor said that nothing has been determined at this stage regarding the plan to sell Hyundai’s platform to autonomous driving technology companies.
Photo source: Waymo, In July this year, Alphabet said it plans to invest US$5 billion in Waymo over the next years to expand Waymo’s autonomous driving ride-hailing service.
In contrast, according to TechCrunch in May, earlier this year, Motional, Hyundai Motor’s autonomous driving technology arm, postponed the release of the next generation of Hyundai IONIQ 5 autonomous driving taxi service until 2026 and laid off hundreds of employees in the United States.
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