Stellantis CEO says there's still life in Waymo deal for self-driving delivery vans
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said the automaker is working to deepen its partnership with autonomous vehicle company Waymo.
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Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said the automaker is working to deepen its partnership with autonomous vehicle company Waymo.
Stellantis, the automaker that owns 14 brands, including Chrysler, Jeep and Ram, and autonomous vehicle technology company Waymo are not only still working together, the companies are deepening the partnership, CEO Carlos Tavares told TechCrunch in a recent interview. This "deepened" partnership will focus on commercial self-driving Ram delivery vans, a target that was first announced in 2020 and promptly faded from public view. "When you reach the destination, how do you take the parcel out of the van?" Tavares said in a wide-ranging interview.
The independent board committee making the decision said “the benefits of remaining a publicly traded company no longer justify the costs.”
The company currently has a fleet of 30 autonomous trucks on the road in Texas
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