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Waymo, Jaguar to add 20,000 electric self-driving vehicles

Waymo and Jaguar Land Rover are joining forces to design and engineer an electric fully self-driving vehicle, built for Waymo’s transportation service. The companies will add 20,000 I-PACEs to Waymo’s fleet in the next few years.

The self-driving I-PACE will start testing later this year, say the companies.

[Image courtesy: Waymo]

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