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In 2010 Google announced that they were launching a self-driving car project. Their clear goal being- make driving safe, more enjoyable and more efficient.
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The State of Nevada passed on the law, influenced by Google and the presence of robotic car laws in this specific state. (Nevada)
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The law was finally taken into effect in March. Nevada had the law passed on, however not until over 1 year late was it actually taken into consideration.
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The first license fro and autonomous car was issued to a Toyota Prius.
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Elon Musk launches the idea of creating a self-driving car with his already popular electric motors company- Tesla. Over the years they have discovered new features that lead to the final product of a car that needed no assistance from a human being.
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Google came out with a full plan and design for their driverless car which excluded the 2 main forms of control of a typical car. The didn't have a steering wheel or pedals. With a normal car this would mean no sense of speed, direction and any type of movement in general. Google released a complete design in the same year and hoped to have the car tested on the road early 2015.
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Around 2 years after the initial plan of Tesla to launch the self driving car, it has finally come to a point where an idea has become a reality. The car uses sensors, a front camera, a front radar and digitally controlled brakes. Unlike a typical car, many of the features are either controlled by humans or are included at all.
