Google Self-Driving Car

Overview

A modified Toyota Prius that can autonomously drive in city traffic and on highways. The self-driving car is equipped with lidar, cameras, radars, and GPS to navigate various road conditions while obeying traffic laws. Developed by Google starting in 2009 as Project Chauffeur, it later became Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet. The project achieved over 300,000 miles of autonomous driving by 2012.

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Weight

1,380 kg

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Autonomy

fully autonomous

Launch year

2010

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Status

active