Monday, January 7, 2013 - 8:05pm
Prior to this new announcement, only Google and automotive supplier Continental have been granted such licenses by the state of Nevada.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 8:19am
Some may have expressed skepticism at Google's famously outspoken Eric Schmidt earlier this year when he predicted that self-driving cars would become the "predominant mode of transportation in our lifetime." But now it appears such a reality is closer than any of us imagined.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 2:49pm
Google's self-driving cars are on the up and up. Google revealed today that its dozen of self-driving cars have collectively driven over 300,000 miles without any accidents, paving the way the towards a safer future on the road.
Friday, July 13, 2012 - 11:54am
We filter through a ton of futuristic technologies every day here at DVICE, but one advancement that keeps getting overlooked is the self-driving car by Google. When can we let our cars take the wheel, KITT-style? Google's chairman Eric Schmidt, thinks driving cars will be the norm in our lifetime.
Friday, February 17, 2012 - 7:35am
Nevada is officially the first state to make self-driving cars (as made famous by Google) a legal presence on roads. There are conditions, of course, but the director of the Nevada's Department of Motor Vehicles ushered in the announcement with a hopeful, "Nevada is the first state to embrace what is surely the future of automobiles."
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 11:43am
Remember how Nevada was considering a law to allow self-driving vehicles on the state's roads? Well, the law passed, but we still don't have any proper self-driving cars to take advantage of it. With a system such as the one Volkswagen is testing, we may be closer.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 9:13am
Our hopes of one day having flying cars may be more or less dead, but we're still crossing our fingers for vehicles that drive themselves. So is Google — in a big way, in fact. The company is lobbying Nevada to be the first state to allow self-driving, autonomous cars.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 11:14am
Philipp Siebourg's Induction Powered Vehicle (or IPV) isn't just a concept for a new kind of car, it's a complete transportation system designed to reduce congestion in big urban centers. Instead of bumper-to-bumper traffic in the heart of the city,...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 11:45am
The idea of a car that drives itself has been kicking around for a while — especially as an automated urban people-mover — and that's exactly what designer Kubik Petr's robo-taxi is designed for. Looking a little bit like a...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 4:27am
The folks over at MIT have put together a robotic wheelchair that can pull off a neat trick: Just tell it where you want to go, and it'll take you there. The wheelchair will map out whatever building it's in...
