The company once said it would acquire 62,000 minivans.
Waymo’s Chrysler Pacificas are heading off into the sunset.
On Thursday, the Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle operator announced it was phasing out the plug-in hybrid minivans it had been using for the last seven years. Instead, Waymo will rely on the all-electric Jaguar I-Pace as a platform for the fifth generation of its “Waymo Driver,” which is the branding the company uses to describe its autonomous driving hardware and software stack that enable its vehicles to drive without a person behind the steering wheel.
. “Our growing ride-hailing service not only increases sustainable transportation options, but also offers Waymo’s safety benefits to the communities we serve.”White House EV Acceleration Challenge to spur more businesses to switch to all-EV fleets. But the company’s reliance on gas-powered vehicles has increasingly become an outlier in the AV industry.
Competitors have fleets that are mostly or entirely comprised of electric vehicles: Cruise uses Chevy Bolts; Zoox’s purpose-built robotaxi is all-electric, though the company still relies on gas-powered Toyota Highlanders as test vehicles; and Motional is in the process of transitioning to a fleet of electric Hyundai Ioniq 5s.The decision is also likely being shaped by the states in which Waymo operates, namely California,requiring all AVs operating on public roads to be electric by 2030.
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