Honda Is The Latest Carmaker To Work With Alphabet's Waymo On Self-Driving Cars

Honda Motor Co. is the latest carmaker that plans to outfit its vehicles with self-driving technology from Waymo, the company born out Alphabet's Google Car research project. Honda has already announced plans to put vehicles with automated driving capabilities on the road sometime around 2020, but said today it will also explore putting Waymo's technology in its vehicles as a different approach to bring fully self-driving technology to market. The discussions are in the early stages. As a first step, Honda R&D Co., the research and development subsidiary of the Japanese company, said it could provide Waymo with vehicles modified to accommodate Waymo's self-driving technology. These vehicles would join Waymo's existing fleet, including 100 Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans announced earlier this week, which are currently being tested across four U.S. cities.