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just give me my three wheeled vehicle for 6800 dollars, and I'll be a happy camper

Where's the trailer hitch? I need something to pull my conquest trailer.

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6 Jan ’15 - 10:09 pm

lol, that would be a sweet combo

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looks like it's hitting the street

Google’s prototype self-driving car pods will take to public roads for the first time around its headquarters in Mountain View, California this summer.

The pods, which resemble a Smart Car crossed with a Nissan Micra, will be fitted with a removable steering wheel, brake and accelerator pedals, and will require a human “safety driver” at all times.

The new electric car prototypes are built from the ground up as autonomous vehicles making them different to Google’s fleet of modified self-driving Lexus sports utility vehicles, which have been driving around 10,000 miles of public roads a week.

The two-seater pods will run the same software as the modified Lexus cars, however, and will be capped to a top speed of 25mph. They were originally shown and have been tested on private roads without a steering wheel and typical car controls, instead operated by a touchscreen and a start-stop button.

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17 May ’15 - 10:13 am

Almost 2 million miles and 11 accidents, all caused by other human drivers

Internet search company Google Inc's self-driving cars have been involved in 11 accidents, but have not been the cause of any, over the last six years since the project began, the program's director said on Monday.

A team of drivers that is testing the fleet of more than 20 vehicles have driven 1.7 million miles so far.

"...Not once was the self-driving car the cause of the accident," Chris Urmson said in a post on technology news website Backchannel's blog Medium. (bit.ly/1GZciuW) No one was injured in the accidents, Urmson added.

"If you spend enough time on the road, accidents will happen whether you're in a car or a self-driving car."

The cars had been hit from behind seven times, mainly at traffic lights, with a majority of the accidents being on city streets rather than on freeways.

"We'll continue to drive thousands of miles so we can all better understand the all-too common incidents that cause many of us to dislike day-to-day driving - and we'll continue to work hard on developing a self-driving car that can shoulder this burden for us," Urmson said.

http://www.reuters.c.....4I20150512