India, June 20 -- Waymo, formerly the Google self-driving car project, is partnering car makers Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co Ltd. to explore driverless mobility services in their home markets of France and Japan, focusing initially on passengers and delivery of goods.

The three companies will work together to research commercial, legal and regulatory issues related to driverless transportation-as-a-service offerings in France and Japan.

After analyzing these markets, the companies plan to expand this to other markets, excluding China.

Waymo's self-driving technology claims to have built the world's most experienced driver with more than 10 million miles of autonomous driving on public roads across 25 U.S. cities. Waymo's technology wil...