​Jaguar to supply 20,000 cars to Google's self-driving spin-off Waymo

Deal, worth up to 1.3bn, shows Waymo's ambition in developing driverless ride-hailing service

Jaguar Land Rover is to supply up to 20,000 of its new electric I-Pace cars to Waymo, a subsidiary of Google owner Alphabet,to be converted into self-driving vehicles for its ride-hailing service.

The tie-up, worth up to 1.3bn and announced at the New York motor show, is a further mark of Waymo's ambition in the race with Uber and others to develop a driverless ride-hailing service - as well as a huge boost for Britain's biggest car manufacturer as it takes it first steps into electric vehicles.