Google is working on unmanned vehicles of its own production

Taxis without drivers can become a reality. Google is developing its unmanned vehicles, abandoning the use of modified cars from other manufacturers, writes The Verge.

Google could not agree with the car manufacturers on the integration of their unmanned driving technology. Now the company is negotiating the release of its own cars with its own design and characteristics.

According to sources, Google is considering the opportunity to offer their cars as “robotaxi”, which will go on call. Interestingly, just yesterday, Google Ventures invested $ 250 million in Uber's online taxi service.
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Although Google is not interested in independently managing such a service, sources say that last year the company was negotiating in which cities it could help other companies to launch robotaxi. According to Google’s plans, drivers will be present in the cars at first, but in the end they will not be necessary.

Google intends to start with a taxi service, because it will allow you to immediately distribute cars, but retail sales are also in the plans. True cars may be somewhat expensive. The modified Toyota, which Google is currently using, generally cost $ 150,000 each, but Google is working on reducing the cost.