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Am I the only one that saw that and thought "driverless cars this April?!"


I wish. Google could have done this (the G drive) when it was originally rumored (2006?) but instead waited until Dropbox had taken a majority stake in the market. I'm scared that their autonomous car program will have a similar fate. Google has been testing their autonomous cars for years and has logged thousands of miles, but they don't seem to have any plans to push this incredible technology to market. The largest roadblock (sorry for the pun) is probably the need for new legislation on driver-less vehicles, but even if these new laws are written soon, I am afraid Google will fail to move quickly in this exciting new market.


If legislation is the major obstacle, then what does it matter how long it takes Google? This is everyone's problem.


And according to recent news it seems it will be quite some time before cities can see automated vehicles. A bit sad to see the big technological step they accomplished being blurred by other processes.


Ditto, But also, if those driver less cars ever do finally hit the market, im refinancing my house to buy one once they hit. I will be saving such an amount of time, it would be worth 40k for me just to get into one of those cars.


It's Google. They'll be free. To make up the cost, they will just slow down near Google billboards.


Ads. In the car. With the option to buy the product or take you to the seller immediately. Billboards....HAH!




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