It feels like ordering 20,000 automobiles from an automaker will get you on prime of the listing for deliveries.
Jaguar has now delivered its first manufacturing all-electric I-Tempo within the US and Waymo bought a number of for testing its autonomous driving know-how.
Earlier this 12 months, the 2 corporations introduced a partnership to make use of the I-Tempo as a part of Waymo’s autonomous driving effort.
Waymo confirmed in an electronic mail to Electrek that they took supply of three I-Tempo electrical SUVs and so they can now be seen driving across the Bay Space as a part of a check program.
They defined:
In our first exams, we’re capturing design necessities for our {hardware} and software program.
Listed here are a number of footage of the primary I-Tempo SUVs within the US exterior of Jaguar’s personal check fleet:
The objective can be for Waymo to adapt its {hardware} suite of sensors to the electrical SUV.
After the Pacifica van, will probably be the second car tailored with Waymo’s autonomous driving know-how to be a part of the corporate’s deliberate self-driving ride-hailing service.
In March, Waymo and Jaguar unveiled what that car will seem like:
Waymo will add as much as 20,000 I-Tempo SUVs to its fleet beginning in 2020. It is going to take up a number of Jaguar’s manufacturing capability for the car which is coming later this 12 months for normal prospects.
The British automaker introduced that the car will begin at $69,500 within the U.S and a completely geared up I-Tempo brings the value to simply over $98,000.
Jaguar is now additionally referring to the vary of the I-Tempo as “an estimated 240 miles.”
You possibly can be taught extra in regards to the I-Tempo from our report on the manufacturing model and our drive assessment.
