Waymo, Google’s autonomous vehicle affiliate, published on Thursday an extensive report about its AV technology, which revealed the company’s validation process for its technologies, as well as a detailed look at the various hardware and software that makes its cars self-driving.
Waymo’s transparent practices are unorthodox in the highly competitive industry of AV technology. Only time will tell whether this move costs Waymo some sort of competitive advantage in the market place.
As automotive technology moves away from manually-operated hardware and towards more intricate digitized software, remanufacturing centers like AER will need to find new and innovative ways to deliver quality services to OEMs in order to remain a valuable and relevant part of the supply chain. Learn what impact AVs will have on OEMs and service providers like AER in our recent blog post on how autonomous vehicles will change the OEM industry.
Read more how Waymo hopes to start a national dialogue about AV technology and safety.
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