Google has announced that its self-driving car project will continue life as a separate entity called Waymo.
Google's announcement follows reports yesterday that the company had shelved its autonomous car plans in favour of partnerships with other vehicle companies.
While the project will in fact continue, it will do so as a separate business called Waymo, a subsidiary of Google's parent company, Alphabet.

The move was billed as one that would enable Alphabet to turn the technology into products and services.
"As a standalone business, our goal is to commercialise this technology and build products that can help millions of people," said Waymo. "One of our next steps will be to let people use fully self-driving cars to do everyday things like run errands or commute to work." The company will not pursue a vehicle of its own creation, however. In a blog post on Medium, Waymo CEO John Krafcik said the company would explore various other applications of its technology.

"We can see our technology being useful in personal vehicles, ride-sharing, logistics or solving last mile problems for public transport," he said. "In the long term, self-driving technology could be useful in ways the world has yet to imagine, creating many new types of products, jobs, and services."
Google had in 2015 announced that it was holding discussions with some of the world's biggest automotive manufacturers in an attempt to bring self-driving cars to market by...