Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals.
May 28, 2014 at 6:04 am
(This post was last modified: May 28, 2014 at 6:06 am by MountainsWinAgain.)
Quote:-Google today announced its own design for self-driving cars, which will drive people around without a steering wheel or pedals.
-The company has already shown off its own self-driving technology, which retrofits existing vehicles made by Toyota and Lexus. However this new version, which was announced by Brin at the Recode conference, is a new design that fits two people, and is driven entirely by computer using a variety of on-board computers and sensors.
-Google says the program is currently in a prototype phase, but that it plans to build around 100 early versions of the vehicles for testing this summer.
-Google's overarching goal with the self-driving car program has been to develop vehicles that are safer than the ones driven by humans.
-This latest prototype was made using off the shelf car parts, Brin says. That includes heavy use of foam, and an electric motor.
Google's self driving car.
This was Posted By Google via Google+
Ever since we started the Google self-driving car project, we’ve been working toward the goal of vehicles that can shoulder the entire burden of driving. Just imagine: You can take a trip downtown at lunchtime without a 20-minute buffer to find parking. Seniors can keep their freedom even if they can’t keep their car keys. And drunk and distracted driving? History. We’re now exploring what fully self-driving vehicles would look like by building some prototypes; they’ll be designed to operate safely and autonomously without requiring human intervention
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