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This thing looks like a clown car. Perfect for those who think Glass is the height of fashion.
by sparkzilla 12y ago
This thing looks like a clown car. Perfect for those who think Glass is the height of fashion.
- zzleeper 12y agoIndeed. Looks "cute", but cute doesn't sell with cars..
- krasin 12y agoI really doubt they would sell this car to public. And having a cute self-driving test vehicle is better for the way people think about it than a dangerously looking sport car with spoilers and basses.
- coldpie 12y agoWell, I don't think they'll be selling this thing, especially not directly to consumers. This is a research prototype for using on the real road. They're announcing that they now have a complete car in that it meets whatever criteria the law sets for using a car on the public roads. Some time after that, they'll figure out how to market and monetize the technology. I'd be surprised if Google themselves ever got into the car business.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoSurprise, I don't care what the car looks like if I'm paying per trip to get me from A to B. Do you complain about the fashion sense of the BART?
- JetSpiegel 12y agoAluminium Grey is the new Black.
- zzleeper 12y agoEdit: after seeing the discussion on 25mph and the disarming cuteness, then it makes much more sense. I too don't care about what the car looks like, but then again I don't own one, partly because I don't care about them as much
- dragonwriter 12y ago> Indeed. Looks "cute", but cute doesn't sell with cars.. I don't really see Google looking to sell these to consumers. What I see Google doing is some combination of: 1) Selling services to consumers which self-driving cars help deliver (Google Now cards currently give you approximate time to likely destinations -- maybe in the future they also include the time including how long it will take a Google Car to get to you to pick you up and take you.) 2) Using them for Google's own use -- driverless Street View cars, for instance. 3) Demonstrating a technology platform that car companies that do want to sell to consumers can purchase -- and put underneath their own styling.
- berberous 12y agoI suspect that may be deliberate, so that safety worries are minimized. You look at this car and think, I'd probably be the one to survive in a head-to-head collision with my SUV. The first driverless cars need to appear as least threatening as possible.
- closetnerd 12y agoThere is a real problem of monotony with such an over concerned need for safety and practicality. I mean, I really don't want to live in a society where everyone has chosen to drive cars like this to the markets. Yes it looks cute in a picture, but boring as hell to live in.
- sparkzilla 12y agoYou really think this will survive a crash with an SUV? It looks very flimsy.