Honda in Talks With Google’s Waymo on Self-Drive Tech
- Automaker may provide vehicles to unit for testing in U.S.
- Waymo already has deal in place with carmaker Fiat Chrysler
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Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday it is talking to Waymo, the autonomous driving unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., to try to strike a deal that would put its self-driving technology into some of the Japanese automaker’s cars.
Both companies stressed that the talks are about research, rather than full production vehicles, at this point. If all goes well, Honda may provide Waymo with vehicles that are modified to run the self-driving system, and those cars would join the existing Waymo fleet currently being tested in four U.S. cities.