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Makes sense.

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.




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