Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Waymo are moving well beyond developing self-driving minivans together.
In a dramatic expansion of their 4-year-old partnership, FCA and Waymo, once known as Google’s self-driving car project, plan to fit Ram ProMaster vans with Waymo Driver, the autonomous brains behind the hundreds of Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans in Waymo’s ride-hailing fleet. Developing self-driving technology for light commercial vehicles, such as the ProMaster van, highlights the growing importance companies see in delivery services, particularly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But perhaps more significant for the long term in the announcement early Wednesday (late Tuesday on