Alphabet’s Waymo Will Test Self-Driving Cars in Snowy Detroit
- Autonomous Chrysler minivans will learn to navigate snow, ice
- Tech company’s rollout comes in the backyard of big automakers
Race To Build Self-Driving Cars Accelerates
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The self-driving cars Google designed are going to the snow -- and the seat of the car industry.
Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo, the vehicle arm of Google’s parent, announced on Thursday that it will start testing its autonomous Chrysler minivans on roads in the greater Detroit area. Michigan will be the sixth state where Waymo has run its vehicles on public roads. But the region is the first with a winter dominated by snow and ice, the kind of inclement conditions that pose hurdles for vehicle sensors.