Google Self Driving Car - Too Cute For Me, What about you?

"ciscokidinsf" (ciscokidinsf) 01/12/2016 at 22:03 • Filed to: Self-driving-car, Google, A.I., Silicon Valley, Cute

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One of the perks of SV is to see the new self-driving cars all over the place (and see tons of the new Tesla SUV, which looks like an over-inflated Tesla sedan) So here is your future Google self-driving car to carry you everywhere.

However, this thing in person is barely the size of a amusement park ride cart. It has mirrors (for Humans) and also side cameras and detectors (so at a glance it looks like 2 side mirrors in each door) Hard to see, but the dude riding is on the passenger side.

The vehicle (car?) is tiny (closest size in person? = Tata Nano) and it was doing about 25-30 MPH in a 35 MPH zone. (so slow)

Dunno, I’d rather keep any of my cars to drive until death does my part than to travel on these self-driving things. We’ll see. What you Jalops think? What is the model name of this thing? Does anyone know?

CB > ciscokidinsf 01/12/2016 at 22:06

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To be fair, it’s still very much a testbed. Odds are, things will change with the design. Also, I’ve wondered: is this thing crash-compliant?

TheHondaBro > CB 01/12/2016 at 22:08

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*shifts into 1st* Let’s find out, shall we?

CB > TheHondaBro 01/12/2016 at 22:09

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Don’t forget your seatbelt.

For Sweden > ciscokidinsf 01/12/2016 at 22:12

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Will it race you from the lights?

ciscokidinsf > For Sweden 01/12/2016 at 22:14

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Hell no... 0-60 in like 16 seconds. My college-time 3-cyl Geo Metro was faster than this.

f86sabre > ciscokidinsf 01/12/2016 at 22:23

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It’s something new and I am content to see where it goes.

After a couple of margaritas I would be fine with how it looks. As long as it gets me home safe.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > ciscokidinsf 01/12/2016 at 22:29

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DAMMIT. Even the fucking Google golf cart is quicker than the Slowrunner.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/12/2016 at 22:38

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Oh no.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > ciscokidinsf 01/12/2016 at 22:40

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Ah dealer plates... The best thing to put on anything you can't register or don't want to register..

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > ciscokidinsf 01/12/2016 at 22:51

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I want one for my Grandma.

She’s not allowed to drive anymore.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 01/12/2016 at 23:17

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I think that is an excellent use case for self-driving vehicles.

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > ciscokidinsf 01/12/2016 at 23:32

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when it approaches things it should *meep* at them

mazda616 > ciscokidinsf 01/13/2016 at 07:50

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Their biggest challenge is going to be adverse weather conditions. So far, Ford has been the only automaker to test autonomous technology in snow.

Chasaboo > ciscokidinsf 01/13/2016 at 12:58

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It really is a breast with wheels.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > ciscokidinsf 02/15/2016 at 09:22

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Perhaps this would be more your taste...