Waymo, owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, currently doesn't operate a commercial delivery service with its self-driving vehicles. The company had a previous deal with Uber to allow users to hail a driverless vehicle via the app in Phoenix, which included a future plan for delivery via Uber Eats. However, this has not yet launched. Stellantis and Waymo have been partners since 2016, with a deal to supply Waymo with custom Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans for autonomous driving, although the order was not fully fulfilled.
Key takeaways:
- Stellantis and Waymo are deepening their partnership to focus on commercial self-driving Ram delivery vans, a target first announced in 2020.
- The companies are discussing how to solve the challenge of getting the package from the vehicle to the customer in a driverless delivery system.
- Waymo, owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, currently doesn't operate a commercial delivery service using its self-driving vehicles and ended its self-driving trucks program, Waymo Via, last summer.
- Waymo and Stellantis have been partners since 2016, with a deal to supply Waymo with thousands of custom Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans, but only hundreds were delivered.