Honda Is Breaking an Unspoken Automaker Rule by Partnering with Waymo

Google's former Self-Driving Car project, now graduated from Alphabet's X division as Waymo, has found a collaborator and potential new partner in Honda. This is an interesting turn of events given traditional automakers' reluctance to work with driverless-car startups over the years. In a press release, Honda announced that they're entering discussions with Waymo on how to outfit their cars with self-driving modules developed by Google. The press release goes on to say that: This technical collaboration between Honda researchers and Waymo's self-driving technology team would allow both... more

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