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Where does Google’s driverless car drive?

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Well for starters, it can fetch can go out for fast food when it’s buddy, Spicolli, gets the munchies. No more calling the pizza guy for delivery, now your car goes to the pizza. Awesome!
Surfer stereotypes aside, Google released a video yesterday featuring Self-Driving Car User #0000000001: Steve Mahan. Steve is 95% blind and the video shows him using the car to run errands like picking up his dry cleaning and getting a taco. OK. Awesome!

 

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