Toyota and Waymo have collaborated to boost autonomous driving.
Takeaway Points
- Toyota and Waymo collaborate.
- The aim is to increase the development and deployment of autonomous driving technologies.
- The scope of the collaboration will continue to grow through ongoing discussions.
Toyota and Waymo
Toyota Motor Corporation said on Wednesday that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Waymo to explore a collaboration focused on increasing the development and deployment of autonomous driving technologies.
Woven by Toyota will also join the potential collaboration as Toyota’s strategic enabler, contributing its strengths in advanced software and mobility innovation, Toyota said.
Hiroki Nakajima, Member of the Board and Executive Vice President of Toyota Motor Corporation, while commenting on this collaboration, said, “Toyota is committed to realizing a society with zero traffic accidents and becoming a mobility company that delivers mobility for all. We share a strong sense of purpose and a common vision with Waymo in advancing safety through automated driving technology, and we are confident this collaboration can help bring our solutions to more people around the world, moving us one step closer to a zero-accident society. Our companies are taking an important step toward a future with greater safety and peace of mind for all.”
Tekedra Mawakana, co-CEO at Waymo, said, “Waymo’s mission is to be the world’s most trusted driver. This requires global partners like Toyota that share our commitment to improving road safety and expanding accessible transportation. We look forward to exploring this strategic partnership, incorporating their vehicles into our ride-hailing fleet and bringing the magic of Waymo’s autonomous driving technology to Toyota customers.”
The Collaboration
According to the report, the two companies aim to increase the development and adoption of driver assistance and automated driving technologies for POVs, with a continued focus on safety and peace of mind, through this new partnership.
Toyota said that Waymo is building a generalizable driver that can be applied to a variety of vehicle platforms and businesses over time, and through this partnership will now begin to incorporate aspects of its technology for personally owned vehicles.
The scope of the collaboration will continue to grow through ongoing discussions, Toyota added.
About Toyota Motor Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation works to develop and manufacture innovative, safe, and high-quality products and services that create happiness by providing mobility for all. We believe that true achievement comes from supporting our customers, partners, employees, and the communities in which we operate.
Since its founding over 80 years ago in 1937, we have applied our Guiding Principles in pursuit of a safer, greener, and more inclusive society. Today, as they transform into a mobility company developing technologies of electrification, intelligence, and diversification, they also remain true to our Guiding Principles and many of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals to help realize an ever-better world, where everyone is free to move.
About Waymo
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the most trusted driver. Since our start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver―The World’s Most Experienced Driver—to improve everyone’s access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes.
Waymo One, their fully autonomous ride-hailing service, serves hundreds of thousands of trips each week to riders in San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Austin. The Waymo Driver has autonomously driven tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.
