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Nevada Licenses First Self-Driving Car
Nevada's Dept. of Motor Vehicles has licensed Google Inc. to test the company's experimental self-driving Toyota Prius sedan on public roads.
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Nevada's Dept. of Motor Vehicles has licensed Google Inc. to test the company's experimental self-driving Toyota Prius sedan on public roads.
Earlier this year Nevada became the first U.S. state to approve regulations that allow self-driven cars as long as the vehicle carries a human back-up driver and a passenger. Google, which worked with the state to help write the measure, received the first license on Monday.
To qualify, so-called autonomous cars must complete at least 10,000 hours of testing. Operators also must submit a detailed description of their vehicle's self-drive technology, provide a safety plan and buy a surety bond of $1 million or more depending upon how many cars they plan to test.
Google's self-driving system uses an array of sensors to detect the vehicle's surroundings and operate the accelerator, brakes and steering. The company previously demonstrated the vehicle by carrying DMV officials around the streets of Carson City and on the Las Vegas Strip.
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