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Greater than 2000 Jaguar I-Pace electric cars are set to be transformed into autonomous taxis at a brand new manufacturing unit within the US.
The EVs shall be transformed in Arizona by producer Magna as a part of a push by Alphabet-owned autonomous automobile agency Waymo to develop its providers.
Already finishing greater than 250,000 autonomous taxi journeys every week in Austin, Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco, Waymo now needs to develop to Atlanta, Miami and Washington DC from subsequent 12 months.
Its fleet at present consists of 1500 automobiles, that are all I-Paces.
Conversion of an extra 2000 I-Paces (a “remaining supply” to Waymo earlier than Jaguar pulled the mannequin from sale final 12 months forward of its 2026 rebranding) consists of retrofitting an array of {hardware}, equivalent to roof-mounted lidar, a bunch radar sensors and 29 cameras, and integrating its personal computing software program: the sixth-generation Waymo Driver.
“The Waymo Driver integration plant in Mesa is the epicenter of our future progress plans,” stated Ryan McNamara, Waymo’s vice-president of operations.
“With our companions at Magna, we’ve opened a producing web site that permits the fee effectivity, flexibility and capability to scale our fleet to new heights.”
Because the I-Tempo now not made by Jaguar, the location can even start to transform new automobiles, such because the Zeekr Mix.
At full capability, the manufacturing unit shall be able to changing tens of hundreds of automobiles per 12 months, claimed Waymo.