· Google driverless car will be field tested in the "no man" state for the first time

As a search engine giant that has been doing driverless research since 2009 (cross-border enough), Google launched a new generation of driverless car prototypes this year, based on the intelligent transportation hub tool Pod Car. The traditional steering wheel, brake/gas pedal and assisted drivers are completely abandoned.
Previously, the concept car was limited to testing in the Google compound, but on September 17, the California regulatory agency passed a draft law allowing autopilot cars to go on the road. At the same time, Audi was the first to obtain an autopilot license in California, while Google It also applied for certification for its 25 Lexus SUV fleets and a series of cooperation with NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
Google plans to test the latest driverless car at the NASA Ames Research Center from the end of this year to early next year. The research center covers 2,000 acres and is located in Moffett, California.
This test is unusual for Google because it is the first time that a Google driverless car has been tested on the ground in the field without the supervision of a tester. Although Lexus and Toyota's self-driving cars were once free to travel on the road in Lombard Street, according to California law, the co-driver must be accompanied by testers to cope with sudden emergencies. In the future, Google’s tests at the NASA Ames Research Center can evade legal accountability because the land does not belong to the California government, but to land within federal jurisdiction.
A person in charge of the Ames Research Center said in an interview that in the next 3-6 months of the experimental phase, Google will randomly deploy a safety driver in the autonomous vehicle; and the test for fully automated driving will be It will be carried out within 1-2 months.
However, according to Mountain View Voice reports, some NASA Ames Research Center employees expressed concern about the sudden addition of driverless cars in their daily lives. Leland Stone, chairman of the Ames Federal Employees Union, said in an email sent to NASA's Ames Research Center staff on August 28 this year that the alliance objected to how NASA management handled the possible risks.
According to Stone, the Alliance hopes to dispel this concern through common sense considerations, and the bottom line of this matter is that if the management of the NASA Ames Research Center forces employees to join the pilot program, then the alliance Any possible legal means will be taken to stop it.
If Google's autopilot experiment at the NASA Ames Research Center is a complete success, it will clear some of the obstacles to the development of the next generation of completely unmanned cars that are truly free from manual control. At the highest stage of the autonomous driving technology, you can rest completely on the back of the chair, squatting on the little song, texting/calling with friends, and chatting hard but no longer have to worry about getting out of the ditch!