For those
who have been waiting, the question have finally been answered, Google is onto
building their own self-driving steering wheels-free cars.
100
prototype vehicles, furnished with two seats, just enough space for passengers
and buttons for inputting directions is what the plans stated by Chris Urmson
the Google’s director. This is after testing Toyota Priuses and Lexus RX 300s
with sensors and Google software installed, for years.
In a blog
post, Urmson stated that “They won’t have a steering wheel, accelerator pedal,
or brake pedal… because they don’t need them. Our software and sensors do all
the work. The vehicles will be very basic—we want to learn from them and adapt
them as quickly as possible—but they will take you where you want to go at the
push of a button.”
With the
target to launch a pilot test project in California, since self-driving cars is
legal there, in the near future, Google cars are reported to be limited to 25
mph only with seat belts, headlamps and wipers. They didn’t tell what powers
the car, though.
Despite
the buildup and assurances, legal and moral concerns are still being raised due
to the fact that locations that aren’t mapped can’t be reached by Google’s
system and it can’t tell the difference of object’s density also. Major car
manufacturers still believe that a human input is still necessary to drive a
car.
Although Google’s attempt
on this self-driving cars looks promising and futuristic, consumers may still
prefer to have control over a car than rely on the system alone due to safety
concerns and driving experience (being able to step on the gas for speed and use
the steering wheel to turn left and right is still way cooler right?). Why not
develop a better paint protection so that car owners can always have a sleek
and shiny car?
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