--Self-driving vehicle manufacturer Waymo said Tuesday it would repurpose a Detroit factory as a production facility, Reuters reports.

--The Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) company said it would work with American Axle & Manufacturing to lease an existing property in Detroit, with hopes the facility can be operational by the middle of this year, the report said.

--Waymo said in January it would put its first production facility in Michigan and would receive incentives from a public-private partnership in the state, the report said.

 

Full story: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-waymo-selfdriving/waymo-picks-detroit-factory-for-self-driving-fleet-to-be-operational-by-mid-2019-idUSKCN1RZ1IZ

 

--Write to Stephen Nakrosis at stephen.nakrosis@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

April 23, 2019 12:57 ET (16:57 GMT)

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