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Waymo has struck a deal with Hyundai to bring the Ioniq 5 EV to its robotaxi connection , adding another autonomous fomite option as it scales up its business .
The autonomous vehicle companionship announced Friday that it expects to start on - road test a Waymo - equipped Ioniq 5 by late 2025 , with the Ab becoming useable to rider “ in the years to follow . ” Chris Bonelli , a spokesperson for Waymo , declined to deal the financials of the hatful .
Hyundai will establish the Ioniq 5s at the factory it isabout to openin Georgia , and Waymo will then integrate its autonomous vehicle technology into the vehicle at a disjoined location . Waymo said it expects to produce a “ significant book ” of self-reliant Ioniq 5s with Hyundai . Bonelli declined to say how many that mean , and say the Ioniq 5 is not directly replacing any of the vehicle it presently uses or plans to expend .
The addition of the Ioniq 5 to Waymo ’s fleet will avail the company carry on with the butter churn of vehicles it uses on its growing robotaxi mesh . While it set off with Chrysler Pacifica intercrossed van , it has since phased those out . Waymo presently trust on maturate Jaguar I - Pace SUVs . The company is presently test vanspurposely design for independent usemade by China ’s Zeekr in San Francisco , though that vehicle could run into duty trouble .
Waymo has also been expand how people can herald its Av . Just last month , itannouncedthat Uber will make Waymo AVs available on its own drive - hail web in both Austin and Atlanta next year .
Partnering with Waymo come at a pivotal moment for Hyundai . It spent years and billions of dollars creating an self-governing vehicle joint venture called Motional with automotive provider Aptiv . But Aptiv back off from Motional in the beginning this year , leaving Hyundai to step in andplug the fiscal cakehole . Motional has since gone through a major restructuring that ledto hundreds of layoffs , and CEO Karl Iagnemmastepped downin September .
A dissimilar autonomous interlingual rendition of its Ioniq 5 is alsocurrently being testedwith Yandex spinout Avride that will in the end become available on Uber ’s drive - hail web .
