Toyota Motor Corp. led major carmakers reporting lower U.S. sales in January, even as an industry trying for another record year piled on discounts to keep showrooms busy. Deliveries fell about 11 percent for both Toyota and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV.
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Chrysler Pacifica named utility vehicle of the year at Detroit auto show
The Windsor-made 2017 Chrysler Pacifica was named the utility vehicle of the year at the Detroit auto show Monday morning. The Chevrolet Bolt EV was named car of the year, while the Honda Ridgeline was named truck of the year.
Waymo’s John Krafcik Lifts the Veil Slightly on Alphabet’s Driverless Strategy
Alphabet’s Waymo self-driving vehicle subsidiary revealed a bit of its business strategy in an address Sunday by CEO John Krafcik, who said the company intends to develop its own sensors and software rather than rely on other suppliers, as most suppliers and automakers are doing. Krafcik, a former Ford and Hyundai executive, said at the press preview of the North American International Auto Show that Waymo had succeeded in lowering by 90% the cost of a $75,000 LIDAR sensor, which uses lasers to sense objects.
Alphabet’s Waymo Cuts Cost of Key Self-Driving Sensor by 90%
Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit, Waymo, has slashed the cost of a key technology required to bring self-driving cars to the masses and rolled it out Sunday in an autonomous Chrysler Pacifica minivan. Waymo has cut costs by 90 percent on LiDAR sensors, which bounce light off objects to create a three-dimensional map of a car’s surroundings.
Google’s Waymo to Show Off Self-Driving Minivan at Auto Show in Detroit
The autonomous Chrysler Pacifica features technology developed inside Alphabet, but it’s unclear how the company will make money on it. While Alphabet ‘s newly spun-out Waymo unit sat out the Consumer Electronics Show , CEO John Krafcik will demonstrate its new self-driving minivan for the first time this Sunday during a presentation at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ Electric Minivan: A Huge Missed Opportunity
FCA’sChrysler Portal concept is a futuristic take on a vehicle for families, but it’s just for show. FCA has no plans to build it.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ Electric Minivan: A Huge Missed Opportunity
FCA’sChrysler Portal concept is a futuristic take on a vehicle for families, but it’s just for show. FCA has no plans to build it.
Honda in Talks With Google’s Waymo on Self-Drive Tech
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.
GM, Fiat Chrysler Idling 7 Plants Next Month as Sales Slow
General Motors Co. will idle some production at five U.S. passenger-car plants in January while Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV halts output for New Year’s week at two Canadian vehicle factories.
Fiat Delivers Alphabet’s Waymo 100 Self-Driving Hybrid Minivans
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV announced the production of 100 Pacifica Hybrid minivans which will join Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo self-driving vehicle fleet. The minivans are currently being being outfitted with fully self-driving technology, including purpose-built computers and a suite of sensors, telematics and other systems, and will become part of the test fleet of Waymo, formerly the Google car project, in early 2017, the Italian-American manufacturer said Monday in a statement.