Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Google Car: The field tests will begin … – ZDNet France

It is precisely for the Google Car. In a message posted on Google+, the team in charge of the project proudly announces that a prototype “fully functional” autonomous and guided his car computer is ready. And the scale tests will be started.

“We’ll spend the holiday doing laps on our test track and we hope to see you on the roads of northern California during the new year, “said the American giant.

The engine remains quiet on the legal and administrative issues related to this project and the technical secrets of his car without wheel or accelerator pedal or brake whose maximum speed is 40 km / h. “Our software and our sensors will do all the work,” had explained the project manager, Chris Urmson.

For now, Google has not spoken of commercial interest. According to a spokesperson interviewed by email, Google
 focuses “on the technology itself,” not the final production. Remain in all cases to address issues
 Application of the Highway Code and insurance: If the Google Car
 could prevent accidents due to human error, the node
 Legal will be difficult to disentangle.

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