Saturday 28 April 2012

Google Talks with Automakers About Making Self-Driving Cars



detroitnews.comSearch engine giant Google thinks self-driving cars can be on U.S. roads in the next few years and is in talks with automakers to roll out the technology.

“The most important thing computers can do in the next 10 years is drive a car,” Google project manager Anthony Levandowski told a crowd of several hundred engineers at the SAE World Congress in Detroit.

Mountain View, Calif.-based Google could make an announcement as early as next year on when it might offer the self-driving technology, he said.

Levandowsi told reporters after his speech that Google is in talks with major automakers.

Google is also talking to suppliers to find “partners that want to work with us.”

The company is moving ahead, meeting with insurance companies as part of a multi-pronged effort to make computer-driven cars a reality.

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