Volvo Cars and Waymo have announced a new global partnership to develop self-driving electric vehicles specifically for ride-hailing use. This partnership will also see Waymo (Google’s autonomous vehicle unit) work exclusively with the Swedish automaker’s global brands, namely Polestar and Lynk & Co.
So far, neither Waymo nor Volvo have revealed when or where they expect to launch their new ride-hailing car. More importantly, the new deal will not affect Volvo’s separate agreement with Uber to develop self-driving cars, Automotive News reports. The Volvo-Uber partnership is still ongoing despite the 2018 crisis, which saw one of Uber’s developmental vehicle crash into a cyclist.
Meanwhile, Waymo announced that it had raised US$3 billion (RM12.9 billion) through its first external investment round last month, and the deal with Volvo marks its return to the field of autonomous tech after shuttering its Firefly self-driving car project in 2017.
Waymo will also continue to work with Fiat Chrysler, Jaguar Land Rover and the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance. If you’re wondering how self-driving cars work, give this story a read.
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I hope Proton fanboys don’t come here and say this tech will be in the Proton X70
ha ha ha ha
Nope. Only you said that.
This is why Proton is Malaysian’s most loved carmaker. Proton Gamechangers X70 & X50 are using Volvo’s technologies unlike Perodua using 20 year old Daihatisu engines. Using Volvo’s technologies made Proton cars the most technologically advanced and most modern of national car.
Many Proton X70 buyers now regret buying their cars because the X70 drinks more petrol than the 244GLA of the 80s
No we don’t. You don’t speak for us.
Replying and upvoting your own comments again? Not surprising you have too much free time to troll here since your showroom is empty with no walk-in customers…
7/3 RM1.89, Brent USD35
14/3 RM1.82, Brent USD28
21/3 RM1.44, Brent USD27
28/3 RM1.38, Brent USD23
4/4 RM1.30, Brent USD32
11/4 RM1.25, Brent USD33
18/4 RM1.25, Brent USD23
25/4 RM1.25, Brent USD22
2/5 RM1.25, Brent USD27
9/5 RM1.25, Brent USD30
16/5 RM1.31, Brent USD35
23/5 RM1.38, Brent USD35
30/5 RM1.43, Brent USD38
6/6 RM1.48, Brent USD41
13/6 RM1.56, Brent USD38
20/6 RM1.59, Brent USD42 (but USD dollar drop a lot)
Note 30th May VS 13th June. Why our petrol price not SAME???
Somemore last week Brent Crude never went UP
best comment ever, at least abang abang can see for their own eyes. brent crude went up for the past weeks so petrol prices going up is nothing weird. weird are those people who demanding lower petrol prices when crude prices is on the rise.
LOL! What is this? Nothing related to Volvo or Waymo or autonomous driving.
Well said, oil prices and car prices have lots of relevance to Malaysians.
What is this sesat comment doing here?
Why is our petrol going hgher when global prices did not move at all?
Global oil price has increased. Go blame the world for causing our petrol price to increase.