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Waymo releases dash cam video of autonomous vehicle involved in crash

FOX News

Raw video shows a car jumping the median and colliding with a Waymo self-driving minivan. Video was released Friday showing a car jumping a median and colliding with a Google-owned Waymo self-driving minivan in Arizona. Police in Arizona are now investigating the crash, which occurred fewer than two months after a self-driving Uber struck and killed a pedestrian in another part of the state. Chandler Police say the accident happened around noon Friday, when a driver heading eastbound in a Honda sedan swerved to avoid a vehicle and drove into the westbound lanes of Chandler Blvd., where it struck the Waymo minivan. The Waymo was reportedly travelling at a slow speed and in autonomous mode with an occupant in the driver's seat.


Google's Waymo self-driving minivan will start test drives this month

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Waymo, Google's self-driving car division, will start testing its new fleet of minivans on public roads in California and Arizona later this month. The minivans, built in collaboration with Fiat Chrysler, are Chrysler Pacifica hybrids outfitted with Waymo's own suite of sensors and radar. Waymo and FCA announced their partnership in May. In a speech at the Detroit auto show Sunday, CEO John Krafcik revealed that Waymo built the sensors, radar and software for the new minivans itself. John Krafcik, CEO of Waymo, the autonomous vehicle company created by Google's parent company, Alphabet introduces a Chrysler Pacifica hybrid outfitted with Waymo's own suite of sensors and radar at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Sunday Waymo's long-range lidar can see a football helmet two football fields away and uses a single integrated system Krafcik said the company felt the system would work better if it was developed specifically for self-driving instead of using off-the-shelf parts.


Waymo self-driving minivan will start test drives this month

U.S. News

Krafcik said the company felt the system would work better if it was developed specifically for self-driving instead of using off-the-shelf parts. He said Waymo was also able to significantly lower the cost of the system.