Fiat Teams With Silicon Valley's Aurora on Self-Driving Tech
- Automaker seeks to catch up with rivals in cutting-edge tech
- Partnership focuses on commercial vehicles in U.S. market
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is partnering with Silicon Valley startup Aurora Innovation Inc. to develop and deploy a fleet of self-driving commercial vehicles in a bid to catch up with other automakers that have invested heavily in the technology.
The two companies signed an agreement to integrate Aurora’s self-driving platform into Fiat Chrysler’s commercial vehicle lines in the U.S. They didn’t disclose the dollar value of the agreement, specify the number of vehicles to be deployed or say by when.