I don't think Google ever (OK, in the past couple of years) really intended for self-driving cars to happen, or expected self-driving cars to happen (within a few decades).
What it was (and what Project X seems to be these days), was a great way to attract talent.
"Wanna work in a company which makes self driving cars, internet balloons, 20% time, and robots" sounds way cooler than "Wanna work in Doubleclick v.2"
>I don't think Google ever (OK, in the past couple of years) really intended for self-driving cars to happen, or expected self-driving cars to happen (within a few decades).
Self-driving cars will roll-out to select markets within the next couple of years.
Google just doesn't want to manufacture the vehicles.
I don't think Google ever (OK, in the past couple of years) really intended for self-driving cars to happen, or expected self-driving cars to happen (within a few decades).
What it was (and what Project X seems to be these days), was a great way to attract talent.
"Wanna work in a company which makes self driving cars, internet balloons, 20% time, and robots" sounds way cooler than "Wanna work in Doubleclick v.2"