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akumen | 11 years ago

Cute? Personally, I think it is fugly.

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annnnd|11 years ago

Agreed, but the point here is that it makes people more trusting towards it. I am guessing that if it looked more sleek (think: Ferrari) people would be more scared of getting in the vehicle. Big eyes, round shapes, smile without teeth... it doesn't look dangerous at all. That was also one of the points of this article (as I understood it).

I wonder how would it look if Apple made one too? I am sure it would be much more stylish.

cliveowen|11 years ago

Agreed, and that enormous thing on the roof just shouldn't be there. "Google plans to build 100 to 200 of these prototypes, and work towards safety approval by the end of the year. The future’s coming a lot faster than we thought."

If this is the future I hope there will be time travel, so I can go back.

swalsh|11 years ago

Seriously, your big problem with self driving cars is you think a giant laser on top is ugly?

prawn|11 years ago

Does the signalling and branding on top of current taxis have you turn to your time travel device rather than just get inside and give the driver your destination?