google car: a driverless car
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Google Car: A Driverless Car. Courtney McMinn March 2, 2013. What is the Google Car . A Google Car is an autonomous driving vehicle that can be any brand or model of car available on the market. What Makes the Google Car Different then Other Cars? . Self-Driving Sensors All Around the Car - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
GOOGLE CAR: A DRIVERLESS CAR
Courtney McMinn March 2, 2013
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What is the Google Car A Google Car is an autonomous driving
vehicle that can be any brand or model of car available on the market.
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What Makes the Google Car Different then Other Cars?
Self-Driving Sensors
All Around the Car Cameras
One on each side
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Google Car Cost Breakdown
The prices in this table reflect Google Car Technology in a Lexus RX450h. For more information on pricing click here.
Item CostCar Body(Lexus RX450h )
$45,000
Technology $250,000Total:
$295,000
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Where to Buy a Google Car Unfortunately the Google Car is not yet
on the market, but should be available to consumers within a decade (Graziano, 2012).
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The Google Car has successfully completed 300,000 miles with only two crashes since its creation (Graziano, 2012).
Is the Google Car Safe?
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Legality of the Google Car
California Florida Nevada
Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (1949) Google Car’s
“Come Pick Me Up” option
States that it is Legal in What Rules Does it Challenge?
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Can it Make Moral Decisions? If the car
encountered children crossing a road illegally, would the car? Swerve Hit the Children Stop
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Works Cited Brandom, R. (2012, December 14). Self-driving cars can navigate the road, but
can they navigate the law? Retrieved from The Verge: http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/14/3766218/self-driving-cars-google- volvo-law
Cohen, A. (2013, January 14). Should Self-Driving Cars Be Legal? Retrieved from Time: http://ideas.time.com/2013/01/14/will-self-driving-cars-change-the-
rules-of-the-road/ Graziano, D. (2012, November 19). Google brings highway traffic safety expert
on board to help with its self-driving cars. Retrieved from BGR: http://bgr.com/2012/11/19/google-self-driving-car-safety/
Marcus, G. (2012, November 27). Moral Machines. Retrieved from The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/11/google-driverless-car-morality.html
Thompson, O. (2012, September 7). Google's Self-Driving Cars May Cost More Than A Ferrari. Retrieved from Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-self-driving-car-sensor-cost-2012-9
Wikipedia. (2013, February 3). Google Driverless Cars. Retrieved from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_driverless_car