Porsche specialist weighs in on how Google Car will change the world
- Michael del Castillo
- Upstart Business Journal Technology & Innovation Editor
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The UpTake: Google's self-driving car may be primed to change the world, but that's of little concern to this British Porsche specialist. British Porsche specialist Design 911(as in the name of the car, not the phone number or the date) has taken a keen interest in Google’s plans for a self-driving car wired to the world’s most powerful search engine.
In March 2010, we saw the closest thing we expect we'll see for a while, to an actual Google Porsche, when the German automaker integrated a couple of the search engine's map APIs to create a virtual test-drive experience, according to a Fast Company report.
But judging by the free publicity the specialist is giving Google, it's pretty apparent the British company isn't all that concerned that Google will be a competitor to their particular goods for quite some time, if ever.
Below, the London, England-based Design 911 put together an insanely compact collection of interesting information about Google's foray into automobiles, including that the parts used to make it reportedly cost a quarter million dollars, and it’s expected to hit the mass market by 2020.
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