IDG Contributor Network: Self-driving cars now ‘way more’ inevitable with launch of Waymo’s first test fleet

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Google is taking on Uber, and it’s not through a recent lawsuit.

Starting next month, a fleet of 500 mini-vans -- the Chrysler Pacifica to be precise, outfitted with high-powered sensors -- will start carting people around Phoenix. All you have to do is fill out an application. And, for the past two months, the Google sister company called Waymo (part of parent company Alphabet) has been driving people around already as part of an early rider program.

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