Google says that the principal aim of the project is to improve safety and that, because the car is constructed with impact-absorbing foam at the front and a plastic windscreen, “it should be far safer than any other car for pedestrians”. The cars, which have been built specially by a company (as yet unnamed) in Detroit, will be used to investigate further how best to make driverless vehicles work. Google will now run a program to test the cars further, which are not yet for sale.
Could Google’s cars be purchased at the time that the article was written?
No, they needed to go through more tests Yes, but only by signing up for a special testing program Yes, but only in Detroit No, but it is possible to purchase the previous version of these cars