Google creates new self-driving car company
Baku, December 14 AZERTAC
Google is putting its self-driving car technology into a new company which it will call Waymo, the firm has announced.
According to BBC, the new business, Waymo, will be owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet. The company showed the story of a blind man who was able to make a full trip using a prototype self-driving car.
The trip happened in 2015, but the company spoke about it for the first time on Tuesday.
The company said it will try to apply the technology behind self-driving vehicles to other purposes.
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