The State of Michigan, along with Cavnue and Alphabet, will build a 64-kilometer road that will connect downtown Detroit to
In the first phase of the project, Cavnue will testpotential technologies and roadway design. The firm will work with other companies like Ford, GM, BMW, Toyota and another Waymo subsidiary. Together they will develop standards for road marking and road surface for autonomous vehicles across the country. In the future, both trucks and personal vehicles will be able to use this road.
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"What we start doing today will bethe right step for both business development and the economy as a whole. We are taking the first steps to build the infrastructure that will help us test and deploy the vehicles of the future,” said Michigan Governor Grechen Whitmer.
Aplhabet is expected to present an initialproject for 2 years. Construction will begin only after the state government accepts and approves these plans. The company notes that by 2024 they will be able to build part of the track, which can already be used for training and testing autonomous vehicles.
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