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Indeed. Looks "cute", but cute doesn't sell with cars..

• krasin 12y ago
  I 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 ago
  Well, 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 ago
  Surprise, 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 ago
    Aluminium Grey is the new Black.
• zzleeper 12y ago
  Edit: 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.