According to a few unnamed sources over at Jessicalessin, Google is fed up with traditional car manufacturers not wanting to get onboard with its self-driving vehicle scheme and is now pushing to get its own development deal and design the cars itself – much in the same way that it did with the Android OS platform.
Part of the reason no one wants to work with Google, could be because they’re all developing their own driverless vehicles. Mercedes has fitted its S Class range with a self-drive feature, Volvo will release something similar in 2014. GM and VW aren’t far behind, with much faster self driving and self parking cars expected within a couple of years, so it would be unlikely if everyone else didn’t have something in the works too.
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