Prius – The Self-Driving Taxi On Google Campus
Google has been spied testing out a self-driving Toyota Prius as a taxi on their corporate campus.
The automated hybrid from Japan was caught self-driving its way around Google’s Mountain View GooglePlex, carrying several employees who probably take home a larger annual salary than any of us will make our entire lives.
“The car was packed with people. I wasn’t able to tell if the guy in the driver’s seat was operating the car or just sitting there watching,” according to Barry Schwartz, CEO of RustyBrick, who took the photo.
This is not the first self-driving foreign vehicle to grab attention. Audi displayed one at CES 2011.
Toyota has been planning to introduce a driver-free version of their Prius at the Tokyo Auto Show. To help out, Nevada is apparently passing a bill that will allow self-driving cars on state roads.
A driver-less cab can’t be any more dangerous than every New York taxi cab driver.
Spy-shot: Torque News
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