5 wonderful facts about Google self-driving car

Those who don’t know how to drive or don’t want to keep driver, no need to worry. Google has already brought alternative,Self-driving car. This concept grabbed the attention of all giant automobile companies, manufacturing leaders, and mobile application development companies in London UK, USA and across the world.

Google started testing self-driving cars in 2009 and they started with Toyota Prius on freeways in California. After 3 years, Google started testing with the Lexus RX450h after completing over 300,000 miles of testing on freeways with the Toyota Prius.A new modification in development was the revealing factor of a new prototype vehicle in 2014, capable of being a fully self-driving car.Technologies used in these cars are mostly advanced, these intelligent cars are inbuilt with sensors and software to detect objects like pedestrians, cyclists and traffic signals, so they can drive safely. Sensors are highly advanced,which can detect all types of objects, according to it, the car moves.

In traffic,when the signal turns red, the car stops, and move with the signal turns green. The car senses when the ambulance is coming from the right side.Sensors sense them and gives way for the ambulance. Google calls its cars, ‘experienced drivers’. During the test drives, safety drivers are equipped with temporary controls that allow them to take over driving if needed. 

These drivers give feedback to the engineering team, which will help them to make the travel better and comfortable.Google's self-driving cars faced 14 minor accidents on public roads. Google pointed out that in all case the fault was not its car, as other cars was either manually driven or the driver of the other vehicles were at fault. Google hopes these cars will considerably reduce accidents and make travel a hassle free experience for women and elders as well.

1. Google’s Car Can Identify Halloween Costumes

Google self-driving cars are under testing, Google tested every prototype like it should detect everyone including their size and shapes. It is able to detect children in Halloween costumes. All these prototypes are tested by Google with mannequins and got positive results. Google tested on several animated mannequins with different types of costumes that are distorted in shapes, and got success.

 2. The Competition Is Emerging

Not only Google is testing to show advancement in making driverless cars, several companies are also competing to release first as a fully tested and approved automated vehicle. Detroit’s MCity is helping other car companies to reach the destination. Tesla, GM, Ford and Audi are also giving outstanding progress because these all are experienced in car manufacturing industry.

 3. GM Wants to Have a Partnership

Although GM is not quite confident in building cars, it is looking to create a partnership with Google to build a better autonomous vehicle at affordable cost. Google has an excellent technical background. GM has experience in building quality vehicles. If the rumours about partnership become true,we can expect something amazing.

 4. They’re in the Testing Stages to Bring out perfect product

Google self-driving cars are still being tested up and it hasn’t hit anywhere. Nevada and Washington. D.C. passed a bill to allow it for testing in 2012. After that Google has started working on different prototypes.

 5. Google’s Driver-less Car is expecting on the Market in 2018

Google engineers are hardly working on this project, once it finished, according to Google calculations, by 2018 Google driver-less cars will start their era. Experts are expecting, by this road accidents will be reduced.

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