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Description
As Google’s Self-Driving Car Project continues to move closer to reality, it’s raising questions and opening eyes about just what it might one day become and when.
In a May 27 Internet post, project director Craig Urmson described some parameters about what the car would and would not be. First off, it’s a two-seater that looks very much like a futuristic Volkswagen Beetle. And it’s a minimalist vehicle, as the first Beetles were. But that’s where the comparisons end.