100 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans for Waymo's self-driving test fleet

Waymo (formerly the Google self-driving car project) and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) have announced that production of 100 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans uniquely built to enable fully self-driving operations has been completed.

The vehicles are currently being outfitted with Waymo's fully self-driving technology, including a purpose-built computer and a suite of sensors, telematics and other systems; and will join Waymo's self-driving test fleet in early 2017 in the U.S.A. Waymo and FCA have also revealed the first images of the fully self-driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid vehicle.

Waymo and FCA co-located part of their engineering teams at a facility in South-Eastern Michigan to accelerate the overall development process. In addition, extensive testing was carried out at FCA's Chelsea Proving Grounds in Chelsea, Michigan, and Arizona Proving Grounds in Yucca, Arizona, as well as Waymo test sites in California.