Google’s amazing self-driving car appears to be getting upgraded faster than we’ve thought. Only few months after the initial announcement of the project back in May, Google has now officially unveiled the ‘first real build’ of its self-driving vehicle.
“The vehicle we unveiled in May was an early mockup—it didn’t even have real headlights!” Google stated via a Google+ post. “We’ve now put all those systems together in this fully functional vehicle—our first complete prototype for fully autonomous driving.”
Since the announcement, Google has been testing out different features like steering, braking, new sensors, and computers with different prototypes-of-prototypes. This first real version of the car comes as a mix of all those prototypes.
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Google plans on testing the vehicle on its test track during the holidays before taking it for a ride on the streets of Northern California in the 2015. Google notes that their safety drivers are using temporary manual controls until the vehicle is
[Via: CNET / Google+]
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