An original vehicle built from the beginning to move without any human intervention, presented yesterday in the US Google.
According to the company, its design is tailored to the systems automaticς οδήγησης που ενσωματώνει και το γεγονός ότι δεν θα χρειάζεται οδηγό για να κυκλοφορήσει. Έτσι, στην τελική εκδοχή του, το διθέσιο όχημα δεν θα έχει τιμόνι και πεντάλ φρένου, παρά μόνο ένα κουμπί «έκτακτης ανάγκης», με το οποίο θα μπορούν να το ακινητοποιήσουν οι επιβάτες, σε περίπτωση που υπάρξει κάποιο πρόβλημα.
Although Google has been experimenting for years with technologies αυτόνομης πλοήγησης, μέχρι σήμερα όλες οι δοκιμές πραγματοποιούνταν σε cars mass production, in which the necessary modifications were made.
Google claims that the autonomous I.X. they should not have the controls of a conventional car, as tests have shown that sudden human intervention in their movement can cause accident. However, the initial "batch" of the prototype two-seaters will have a steering wheel and brakes to meet the specifications of the state of California where the company is doing its tests, which stipulate that the passenger should be able to take at any time under his full control of the vehicle.
On the dashboard there is a display showing the route and speed, which can not exceed 40 km / h. Naturally, the vehicle is equipped with sensors that allow its "autopilot" to understand its position and what's around it, within a range of several hundred meters.
