Waymo ditches futuristic self-driving bubble car for … a minivan

Decision illustrates shift in strategy by Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle division from creating a new kind of public transport to adapting commercial vehicles When Google unveiled its brand new self-driving car prototype in May 2014 it looked like a shot at a new type of public transport system filled with pod-like autonomous cars. Now that utopian dream seems at an end. Waymo is killing off the specifically designed “Firefly” in favour of an adapted Chrysler van. Read full story