Waymo's adding an all-electric self-driving Jaguar SUV to its autonomous fleet

Waymo has been testing five different types self-driving vehicles over the years, and now it's adding another to its expanding autonomous fleet: an all-electric Jaguar I-PACE SUV.

The Alphabet-owned company is planning to add 20,000 of the luxury SUVs outfitted with its class-leading self-driving car technology within the next two years. The new self-driving car will be one of the handful of autonomous vehicles that'll be available to hail as part of is "Waymo Service" launching later this year.

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"This year in 2018, starting in Phoenix, Arizona — there members of the public will be able to take these fully self-driving cars anywhere within our service area," Waymo CEO John Krafcik said at a press event in New York. "To work, to school, to the grocery store. Anywhere they’d go with a typical car." Read more...

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