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Google’s car prototype (Image source: Google)<\/p><\/div>\n
Google hopes to get its self-driving cars ready for public deployment by 2018, and although due to certain factors, such as politics, laws, the company facing some challenges and obstacles, but they are pressing ahead with a new round of prototypes. The prototypes will be fully automated vehicles, unlike the Toyota Prius fleet that Google has been using to test its self-driving car systems, these new prototypes have been designed without steering wheels, accelerator pedals, or brake pedals because those controls won’t be necessary, these work will do their software and sensors. And that’s an important step toward improving road safety and transforming mobility for millions of people.<\/p>\n
The car\u2019s speed will be capped at 40 km\/h and their interiors will be very simple, two seats, luggage space, start and stop buttons, and a screen to display the route. Whether passengers will have much choice in selecting the route remains to be seen. Although Google suggests its cars can make roads safer, the company has enough doubts about the perfection of its systems that each seat will come with a seat belt, just in case.<\/p>\n
According to Chris Urmson, director of Google’s self-driving car project, Google will initially build about 100 prototypes.<\/p>\n
The Google car was officially presented in 2010, and after informal tests, since May of 2013 few cars already commute in few U.S. states, the team announced that they have completed over 500,000 kilometres accident-free.<\/p>\n
Google sees its cars as liberating, allowing people to travel downtown for lunch without planning an extra 20 minutes to find parking, to assist seniors and others unable to drive on their own, and to free us from the risk of driving while drunk or distracted.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re growing more optimistic that we\u2019re heading toward an achievable goal \u2014 a vehicle that operates fully without human intervention<\/em>,\u201d project director Chris Urmson wrote in his blogpost. Source: www.informationweek.in<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Google has set up a project which aim is to develop technology for cars without a driver. But the self-driving cars don’t look much like cars on the inside because they’re missing many of the controls we expect in a … Continue reading
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