The Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid stunned many critics with its smooth powertrain and high fuel economy, but with gasoline prices quite low and the hybrid premium fairly high, it hasn’t set the retail world on fire. It did find one happy customer, though, with room for more: self-driving firm Waymo...

Chrysler Among Least Searched Auto Brand In US Take this with a grain of salt. Apparently an insurance company called Veygo (which I have never heard of) did a study as to which brands are Googled the most by country. The results I will share are specifically for the United States. Note...

Waymo will buy thousands more Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans, after buying a batch of one hundred in 2016 and five hundred more in 2017. The plug-in hybrid minivans will be used to launch the world’s first driverless ride-hailing service. FCA billed their work with Waymo as the first of...

Google's self-driving car project plans to start winter-testing Chrysler Pacificas in the heart of the American automotive industry next week - in Detroit, one mile across the river from where they are built in Windsor, Ont. Waymo is the name of the company, owned by Google parent company...

Google is to open a self-driving car technical center in Novi, Michigan, according to the Detroit Newsand many other outlets. The 53,000 square foot building, at 46555 Magellan Drive, will be used to adapt Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans to become autonomous. The head of the project...

At the Windsor plant event celebrating the new Pacifica launch. FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne was asked about the recently announced partnership with Google on self-driving cars . Mr. Marchionne spoke at some length on the topic, discussing his experiences of being driven in an autonomous car...

After attending the Pacifica factory launch, Automotive News’ Larry Vellequette noted that CEO Sergio Marchionne had called out the one hundred Pacifica hybrids supplied to Google as just the “first phase” of their relationship. The next phase? “What develops from here? We’ll see.” Applying...

The Chrysler Pacifica will be able to drive itself. Google’s Self-Driving Car Project and Fiat Chrysler announced that  the  2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans would be integrated into Google’s self-driving test program, the first time that Google has worked directly with an automaker...

The Internet is abuzz with rumors that a “Google car” will use the Chrysler Pacifica body, which is already geared for electrical operation. Nothing official has been announced, despite the certain tone of some articles.  Sergio Marchionne said yesterday that FCA is unlikely to join up in the...