% Keep discussions EV-related ... Public sez nEV is cute even though it tends to drive in the middle of unmarked-streets %
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/tech-industry/watch-as-we-follow-one-of-googles-new-self-driving-cars-3618284/ Watch as we follow one of Google's new self-driving cars By Martyn Williams | Jun 30, 2015 [video http://www.idg.tv/video-series/8171/54685/watch-as-we-follow-googles-new-self-driving-car.html Watch as we follow Google's new self-driving car The new cars are on public streets around Google's headquarters in Mountain View, and we caught up with them Jun 30, 2015 ] Google's new self-driving cars are on public streets. After more than a year of development and testing, the new cars made their debut on the roads around Google's headquarters in Mountain View late last week, and I went to check them out. The cars are a major technical leap forward from the previous-generation Lexus SUVs that Google has been using. Those were production cars with self-driving sensors and functions added, but the new cars have been designed and built from scratch by Google. They weren't easy to find. Perhaps because testing is so new, I only saw them four times over the course of several hours on Friday and Monday outside the Google X research division. In contrast, scores of the previous-generation Lexus SUVs came past me during the same period. But I managed to follow one car through the neighborhood close to Google X. Traveling at a steady 25 miles per hour, it was easy to keep up with. Like many residential streets in Silicon Valley, the roads near Google X don't have lane markings and have lots of street parking. There's enough room for two cars to pass each other, but the Google car seemed to prefer driving much closer to the center of the street than a human driver might. When it came up to an intersection, it moved a little to the right but then resumed its journey closer to the center of the street when it was through the junction. At one point, it approached a sharp curve while still toward the center of the street. An oncoming car might have had less room than usual to get by the Google car. On a wider street without parked cars, the car did stay to the right-hand side of the road and successfully slowed to a halt almost exactly at a 'stop' marking on the street. Then it successfully navigated a three-way intersection and went on its way. While its maximum speed wasn't a problem on residential streets, it was moving slower than the rest of the traffic as it headed down Middlefield Road on Friday. Its hazard lights almost continually flash as it drives, giving motorists a warning of its slow speed, and most simply overtook it, although it was obvious that some people slowed to get a better look at the car. Both among neighbors I spoke to and in online comments on community message boards, many Mountain View residents seem excited that this cutting-edge research is happening in their town. Google's project has made Northern California something of a hotspot for self-driving car tests, and nowhere are more vehicles on the road than here. The new cars are easy to spot thanks to their distinctive styling, which most agree is cute. The all-electric vehicle is small and rounded and has a front that resembles a face. If these are part of a diabolical scheme whereby machines take over the Earth, few people will see it coming. [© pcadvisor.co.uk] ... [videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsaES--OTzM A Ride in the Google Self Driving Car - 3:32 May 27, 2014 - Uploaded by Google Self-Driving Car Project Join one of our safety drivers for a ride in our second generation vehicle, the Lexus, to understand how Google ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqSDWoAhvLU A First Drive - 2:53 May 27, 2014 - Uploaded by Google Self-Driving Car Project Fully autonomous driving has always been the goal of our project, because we think this could improve road ... https://www.google.com/#q=google+self-driving+car&tbm=vid ] http://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/passenger-vehicle/cars/ford-puts-self-driving-car-project-in-fast-lane/47935265 Ford puts self-driving car project in fast lane 04 July 2015 ... http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/05/google-taking-us-california-innovations-driverless-cars Where is Google taking us? July 2015 05 For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2015/06/25/google-car/29286109/ Google testing MI-built prototype nEVs on CA-city streets r:80mi (v) http://googleblog.blogspot.in/2015/05/self-driving-vehicle-prototypes-on-road.html ... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3139423/Google-s-self-driving-car-prototype-takes-California-s-roads-time.html 25 cars will be used around Mt.View-CA campus,75 more later, artists designing special colourful doors http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/1506-google-wants-you-to-design-artwork-for-its-autonomous-cars/ Google Wants You to Design Artwork for its Auton-nEVs ts:25mph http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/Publicly-funded-car-charging-points-Bedfordshire/story-26773548-detail/story.html The 26 public EVSE in Bedfordshire.uk should be better placed + EVLN: Leaf> Fuel-habit/addiction Independence, process of elimination {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/OT-Watch-Google-X-s-Auton-nEV-on-city-streets-ts-25mph-v-tp4676621.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
