Alphabet Looks to Snowy Michigan to Test Self-Driving Cars

Alphabet Looks to Snowy Michigan to Test Self-Driving Cars
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt sits in a Google self-driving car at the Google headquarters on February 2, 2015 in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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WASHINGTON—Alphabet Inc’s self-driving car unit Waymo is expanding winter testing as it works to address a potential blind spot for autonomous vehicles: snowy and icy conditions.

Waymo said Thursday that Michigan is the sixth state where the self-driving car project will test autonomous vehicles. The company chose the state to see how vehicles will respond in snow, sleet, and ice.