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Self-Driving Car Prototype Unveiled by Google [Video]

Google has been building self-driving cars for years, but what we've seen so far has always been retrofits of existing cars until now.

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The search giant unveiled on Tuesday a fully autonomous self-driving car, built from the ground up by Google and its partners.

Company co-founder Sergey Brin revealed his plans at Recode's Code Conference in southern California. He told Recode editors Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher (who has ridden in the car), that there's a safety benefit in a custom-built self-driving car. Because the car doesn't have a steering wheel, accelerator or brakes, it has more sensors in strategic spots than is possible in a regular vehicle. It is also equipped with a big "stop" button.

In addition to all this tech, Google's autonomous car includes internal power steering and power brakes.

Watch below, volunteers take a ride in Mountain View, California:



Read more at GoogleBlog

Self-Driving Car Prototype Unveiled by Google [Video] Reviewed by Msl on 23:29 Rating: 5

2 comments:

  1. I'm very excited about our self-driving car project, and this version is going to be really great.

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  2. Awesome. So glad this appears to be happening within my lifetime.

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