(Bloomberg) – Google parent Alphabet Inc. plans to start a ride-sharing service with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NA's minivans as part of a reorganization of the tech company's automotive unit, people familiar with the matter said.
Google will deploy a semi-autonomous version of the Chrysler Pacifica minivan that it's developing with the Italian-American carmaker for the new service as early as the end of 2017, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the matter is private. Alphabet and Fiat Chrysler declined to comment on their plans.
|New Alphabet holding company called Waymo
The U.S. tech company separated its autonomous vehicle project into a new Alphabet holding company called Waymo and said the "next step will be to let people use our vehicles to do everyday things like run errands, commute to work, or get safely home after a night on the town."
John Krafcik, chief executive officer of Waymo, said the company is adding new sensors to Chrysler vehicles now, but didn't comment on how program has evolved. "FCA has been a wonderful partner," he added at an event in San Francisco on Tuesday.
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