“We will spend the holidays at our test track and hope to see on the streets of Northern California next year,” wrote the team developing the self-driven in the social network Google + vehicle.
In May, Google had informed it would build its own autonomous car with the least amount of elements.
The prototype battery will walk 40 km per hour and were designed as passenger cars, not of luxury.
The announcement gave no details on other technical details, but showed a beetle style, white, rounded car. This design, however, would not be the end chosen by Google. It is also unknown whether the company plans to market the vehicle itself or just the technology that makes it work.
Several functional prototype manufacturers have been working on various ways to empower vehicles, such that they can park alone, but has not yet come to market a fully autonomous car.
In May, Google announced that did some testing, transporting people in the small car. “You sit, you relax. Not have to do anything know when to stop and know when to start,” said one of the women who participated in the evaluation, while another added: “It was like an experience of Space Era “.
A start button with another to perform an emergency stop, are the only points of physical interaction passenger in the car, which will be controlled from a mobile application where the user will select the final destination.
The prototype unveiled the company’s Mountain View, who said that prioritized above all safety in the design of these models have sensors to eliminate points blind and can detect objects within a range of “more than two football fields” in all directions, because it has 360 degree view.
The Californian firm explained that this new driverless car is equipped with double braking system and driving, so you can use the second if the first fails,.
The interior is equipped with two seats with seat belts, a space for belongings passenger and a screen showing the route to take. The company stressed that designed the car “to learn, not for luxury,” so they did not put the focus on comfort.
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