{"id":166,"date":"2015-05-15T20:02:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/?p=252372"},"modified":"2015-05-21T06:02:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T06:02:05","slug":"google-plans-to-test-its-new-self-driving-vehicle-prototypes-on-california-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/2015\/05\/15\/google-plans-to-test-its-new-self-driving-vehicle-prototypes-on-california-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"Google plans to test its new self driving vehicle prototypes on California roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_252374\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 574px;  border: 1px solid #dddddd; background-color: #f3f3f3; padding-top: 4px; margin: 10px; text-align:center; display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/google-plans-to-test-its-new-self-driving-vehicle-prototypes-on-mt-view-roads\/self-driving-vehicle-prototype\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-252374\"><img class=\" wp-image-252374\" title=\"self-driving vehicle prototype\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/images\/self-driving-vehicle-prototype.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"423\" \/><\/a><p style=' padding: 0 4px 5px; margin: 0;'  class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google says its safety drivers will test fully self driving vehicle prototypes like this one on the streets of California this summer &#8212; credit | Google<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Google <a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.co.uk\/2015\/05\/self-driving-vehicle-prototypes-on-road.html\" >announced<\/a> today (May 15) that it test a few of its new\u00a0Volkswagen Beetle-like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/googles-self-driving-car-prototype-no-steering-wheel-brake-or-accelerator\" >prototype self-driving vehicles<\/a> on roads in Mountain View, Calif. this summer Unlike Google&#8217;s previous prototype test vehicles, these will have safety drivers aboard, and with a steering wheel, accelerator pedal, and brake pedal if needed.<\/p>\n<p>These vehicles are designed for local driving, with speed capped at 25mph.<\/p>\n<p>Google said the new prototypes will &#8220;drive with the same software that our existing fleet of self-driving\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2012\/08\/the-self-driving-car-logs-more-miles-on.html\" >Lexus RX450h SUVs<\/a>\u00a0uses. That fleet has logged nearly a million autonomous miles on the roads since we started the project, and recently has been self-driving about 10,000 miles a week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we started\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2014\/05\/just-press-go-designing-self-driving.html\" >designing the world\u2019s first fully self-driving vehicle<\/a>, our goal was a vehicle that could shoulder the entire burden of driving,&#8221; according to the Google statement. &#8220;Vehicles that can take anyone from A to B at the push of a button could transform mobility for millions of people, whether by reducing the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov\/pubs\/812115.pdf\" >94 percent of accidents caused by human error<\/a>\u00a0(PDF), reclaiming the billions of hours wasted in traffic, or bringing everyday destinations and new opportunities within reach of those who might otherwise be excluded by their inability to drive a car.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/+GoogleSelfDrivingCars\/posts\" >Google+ page<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uCezICQNgJU?rel=0\" width=\"562\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Google | Ready for the Road<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google announced today (May 15) that it test a few of its new&nbsp;Volkswagen Beetle-like prototype self-driving vehicles on roads in Mountain View, Calif. this summer Unlike Google&rsquo;s previous prototype test vehicles, these will have safety drivers aboard, and with a steering wheel, accelerator pedal, and brake pedal if needed. 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