When Google's self-driven car met with an accident

Self-driving in California, a Google Lexus AV made contact with the bus at less than 3kph, with the bus travelling at 24kph, according to Google’s driver report.

Autocar Professional BureauBy Autocar Professional Bureau calendar 19 Mar 2016 Views icon4130 Views Share - Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to LinkedIn Share to Whatsapp
When Google's self-driven car met with an accident

Self-driving in California, a Google Lexus AV avoided some sandbags in the road at a red light. When the light turned green and the Google car attempted to get back into the flow of traffic, it was aware of the bus approaching in the left side mirror, but believed it would give way. It then made contact with the bus at less than 3kph, with the bus travelling at 24kph, according to Google’s driver report.

RELATED ARTICLES
'India to lead in software-driven vehicle technology': Srinivas Aravapalli of BlueBinaries

auther Autocar Professional Bureau calendar21 May 2025

As the software content inside vehicles continues to rise with growing features like connectivity and ADAS, India's role...

'Local accountability, global strength model is our key pillar': BorgWarner's Dwarka Simili

auther Autocar Professional Bureau calendar19 May 2025

With a strategic plan of strengthening the technical capabilities at its India Propulsion Engineering Centre (IPEC) in B...

'EVs to touch 5% market penetration by end-2025': Zeon Charging's Karthikeyan Palanisamy

auther Autocar Professional Bureau calendar16 May 2025

From 2% market penetration last year, to consistently staying above 3% in CY25, EV adoption in the Indian passenger vehi...