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wham-o just received 100 minivans for self driving tests alphabet the parent company of Google spun off its self-driving project into a new company called whammo just last week the tech now housed within whammo as a company has been developed by Google since 2009 now way moe is taking delivery of 100 modified to chrysler pacifica hybrid minivans chrysler altered the drivetrain chassis and electronics to meet way Mo's needs way moe will add in its self-driving tech which includes a computer sensors and telematics taking a look at these modified minivans the integration of the tech looks a lot more natural and less tacked on however it is still obvious that these are not your run-of-the-mill minivans the roof of the vehicle features a pod that resembles a hard roof cargo box on top of that is a dark dome that houses a spinning lidar assembly lidar is used to map out surroundings using lasers the dome looks similar to those on other Google self-driving cars also there are small structures housing more sensors over the front wheel wells of these chrysler pacifica and then there's a way mold logo on the rear doors so if those alterations didn't tip you off the logo should way mold previously had a fleet of about 60 self-driving vehicles this new addition will help weigh most speed up its pace of research and development to date those cars have racked up over 2 million miles on public roads for more information you should really check out cnet.com mi as act hard i'll see you online