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Johnnycab (Automation Paradox, Pt. 2)

99% Invisible

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Google's Self Driven Cars

Google started retro fiting toyota and lexis cars with new technologies, allowing the car to drive on its own. California law allows autonomous cars on the roadways, but only if they can be driven by a human. Google wouldn't show me the cars, but chris did show them to planet moneys,. steve head so i do you want to open it up and show me the inside? Sure so. So this is one of our early prototypes. This vehicle is one of the ones that will start to be testing on the roads in mountain view and the next over the summer.

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