Before 2017, will Google announce that it will conduct public testing of its fully autonomous vehicles in a US city?

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Before 2017, will Google announce that it will conduct public testing of its fully autonomous vehicles in a US city?

Started Sep 16, 2016 05:00PM UTC
Closed Dec 31, 2016 06:00PM UTC

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Since 2014, Google has focused on developing a fully autonomous vehicle that can "operate safely and autonomously without requiring human intervention" and which "won't have a steering wheel, accelerator pedal, or brake pedal… because they don’t need them" (Google Self-Driving Car Project, Google Official Blog, Google Plus). Public testing refers to testing that allows people from the general public to use Google's Cars. Uber's testing of its autonomous cars in Pittsburgh is an example of public testing (Bloomberg, NY Times). Google is currently testing its self driving cars in Kirkland, WA, Mountain View, CA, Phoenix, AZ, and Austin, TX, but those tests are not open to the public.

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