Google car News

The chief technology officer for Google's self-driving car mission announced on Saturday he would be hitting the road, and that the day marked his last at the company.

Alphabet Inc`s self-driving project is advertising dozens of jobs on its website with a special focus on manufacturing expertise.

The US agency in charge of highway safety thinks that the autonomous car built by Google-parent Alphabet could qualify as being its own driver.

US vehicle safety regulators have said the artificial intelligence system piloting a self-driving Google car could be considered the driver under federal law, a major step towards ultimately winning approval for autonomous vehicles on the roads.

The service could be launched in San Francisco and Austin, Texas locations.

 Driverless cars are cars without a driver, which is what Google and Uber are pursuing.

Google Inc. does not intend to become a vehicle manufacturer, the company`s managing director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland said on Tuesday at the Frankfurt auto show.

Scientists have successfully tested self-driving golf carts that ferried 500 tourists around winding paths used by pedestrians and cyclists.

Google is looking for designs that will make the vehicles more approachable.

Volkswagen`s Audi will take a stringent line on guarding customers` data, the carmaker`s chief executive said on Tuesday, in a thinly veiled swipe at new rival Google Inc..

Google Inc`s self-driving cars will begin testing on public roads this summer, but they will have steering wheels and brakes, which is not what the company described a year ago.

Google Inc`s self-driving cars will begin testing on public roads this summer, but it turns out they will have steering wheels and brakes, which is not what the company envisioned a year ago.

"We`d be remiss not to talk to ... the biggest auto manufacturers. They`ve got a lot to offer," Chris Urmson, director of Google`s self-driving car project, said in an interview before speaking at an industry conference.

Google has announced that the first completed prototype of its self-driving car is ready to be road tested.