Would you let Google's 'smiley-faced' robot car drive you? Internet giant launches 25mph driverless auto - with no steering wheel - that will be on the roads within a year
Rather than reworking an existing vehicle, the tech giant is building its own The cars won't have a steering wheel, accelerator pedal, or brake pedal 'Our software and sensors do all the work,' self-driving project director Chris Urmson says They will simply have a stop-go button and a screen showing the route Google wants to build about a hundred prototype vehicles, and begin testing them later this summer Google last night announced it will start building its self-driving car - and it plans to have the revolutionary vehicles on roads within a year. Co-founder Sergey Brin unveiled the car - which will be equipped only with a stop/go button and be capable of speeds up to 25mph - at a conference in California. Rather than reworking an existing car, the tech giant has built its own model and is working on around 100 prototypes to test out later this summer. The goal is for the car to 'shoulder the entire burden of driving.' Scro ll down f...