Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Waymo jointly develop technology for autonomous transporters

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Waymo are further expanding their successful partnership in the field of autonomous driving technology.

In the US, Waymo is now FCA's exclusive partner for the development and testing of Class 1-3 light commercial vehicles, i.e. vans of various sizes for commercial goods transport, through the Waymo Via service. The two companies initially aim to integrate Waymo Driver technology into the Ram ProMaster van platform, a model based on the European Fiat Ducato. Waymo Driver is tailored to the needs of commercial customers.

The expanded partnership enables FCA and Waymo to leverage their respective strengths and expertise to develop autonomous driving technology tailored to the specific needs of commercial customers. This technology is designed to meet the strong growth of the transportation industry. FCA has also chosen Waymo as its exclusive strategic partner for the development of Level 4 (L4) (1*) autonomous driving technology for the entire product range of all Group brands. Both companies are already conducting joint research into future FCA passenger car and van models equipped with Waymo Driver technology.

"Our four-year partnership with Waymo continues to expand. By integrating Waymo Driver technology, the world's leading autonomous driving platform, into our Chrysler Pacifica minivan model, we have become the only partnership to deploy fully autonomous driving in the real world, on public roads. With this next step, which deepens FCA's relationship with the best technology partner in this area, we are now also addressing the needs of our commercial customers. Together we will enable autonomous driving with light commercial vehicles in the future, starting with our Ram ProMaster van model," said Mike Manley, Chief Executive Officer FCA. "Our partnership with Waymo on L4 technology, which affects our entire product portfolio, sets the pace for safe and sustainable mobility solutions that will help shape developments in the entire automotive world in the years and decades to come."

"FCA was the first automaker we partnered with, and we've come a long way together," said John Krafcik, Chief Executive Officer Waymo. "The Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan was the first model in our Waymo One fleet. Equipped with the Waymo Driver platform, they have now safely and reliably covered longer distances fully autonomously than any other vehicle in the world. Now we are further expanding our partnership with FCA by making Waymo Driver technology the exclusive L4 autonomy solution for FCA's global product range. Together, we will introduce the Waymo Driver platform across the entire FCA brand portfolio, opening up new opportunities for the use of vehicles in ride-hailing services (2*), logistics companies and for private use around the world."

FCA was the first automaker to partner with Waymo in 2016. Since then, the two companies have worked closely together to integrate the Waymo Driver platform into vehicles across FCA's brands. The Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan, capable of Level 4 autonomous driving, made history. This partnership also led to the first commercial ride-hailing service with fully autonomous vehicles. The driverless minivans are now operating in dozens of cities in the United States, with varying geographies and sometimes difficult weather conditions.

*1) Fully automated driving, level 4: The vehicle takes over all functions and only hands them back to the driver if a situation is too much for the system to handle. The driver can read the newspaper, for example. The vehicle also manages journeys on defined routes completely independently without passengers.

*2) Commercial ride-sharing services that can be booked online, e.g. Uber.

About Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA)
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is a global automobile manufacturer that designs, engineers, manufactures and sells vehicles under major brands, including Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Fiat Professional, Jeep®, Lancia, Ram and Maserati. FCA also sells spare parts and services under the Mopar® brand and is active in industrial automation and component manufacturing under the Comau and Teksid brands. FCA has around 200.000 employees worldwide. For more information, visit www.fcagroup.com.

About Waymo
Waymo is a self-driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they're going. Since our start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has been focused on building the World's Most Experienced Driver in hopes of improving the world's access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. Our Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, our autonomous ride-hailing service, as well as Waymo Via, our trucking and local delivery service. To date, Waymo has driven over 20 million miles autonomously on public roads across 25 US cities and conducted over 15 billion miles of simulation testing. For more: www.waymo.com

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