Toyota and Waymo Collaborate to Boost Autonomous Driving Technologies

CIOTech Outlook Team | Thursday, 01 May 2025, 03:10 IST

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Toyota Motor Corporation and Waymo have come to a preliminary understanding to investigate a partnership aimed at speeding up the advancement and rollout of autonomous driving technologies. Woven by Toyota will participate in the possible collaboration as Toyota's strategic partner, leveraging its expertise in advanced software and mobility innovation. This possible collaboration is grounded in a mutual goal of enhancing road safety and providing greater mobility for everyone.

Toyota and Waymo intend to merge their unique strengths to create a novel autonomous vehicle platform. Simultaneously, the firms will investigate ways to utilize Waymo's self-driving technology alongside Toyota's vehicle knowledge to improve next-generation personally owned vehicles (POVs). The extent of the partnership will keep changing through continuous conversations.

TSS represents Toyota’s conviction that technologies achieve their maximum effect when they are broadly available. With this new partnership, the companies intend to boost the progress and acceptance of driver assistance and automated driving technologies for POVs, maintaining an emphasis on safety and reassurance.

Hiroki Nakajima, Member of the Board and Executive Vice President of Toyota Motor Corporation, stated, “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, stated, "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."


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