Honda R&D and Waymo are in discussion over self-driving car tech.
Honda is in discussion with Google’s autonomous vehicle division Waymo about integrating self-driving technology into Honda vehicles.
Honda said the technical collaboration between researchers at its Honda R&D subsidiary and Waymo’s self-driving technology team would allow both companies to learn about the integration of Waymo’s fully self-driving sensors, software and computing platform into Honda vehicles.
As part of the deal under discussion, Honda could provide Waymo with vehicles modified to accommodate Waymo’s self-driving technology. These vehicles would join Waymo’s existing fleet, which are currently being tested across four US cities. Honda R&D engineers based in Silicon Valley, California and Tochigi, Japan, would work closely with Waymo engineers based in Mountain View, California and Novi, Michigan.
Honda has previously announced plans to deliver self-driving cars by around 2020. It said in addition to these on-going efforts, this technical collaboration with Waymo could allow Honda R&D to explore a different technological approach to bring fully self-driving technology to market.
“These discussions are an initial step that will allow Waymo and Honda R&D to further explore the potential of a broad range of automated driving technologies,” Honda said.
After seven years as part of the Google X research unit, earlier this month Google’s self-driving car project was launched as an independent business, called Waymo, under Alphabet, Google’s parent company: Waymo stands for “a new way forward in mobility.”
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