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Google self-driving Toyota Prius
Toyota Prius hybrids fitted by Google's secret self-driving project, started at Google X in January 2009.
- Price
- —research vehicle, not sold
- Autonomy
- SupervisedHow it runs
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
In May 2012 Nevada licensed a modified Prius as the first self-driven car licensed in the US.
Real-world use
The project was revealed in October 2010 with seven cars; by August 2012 the fleet had driven about 300,000 miles with no machine-caused accidents.
Maker
GoogleCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Safety driver on board
- Where it runs
- California and Nevada public roads (testing with safety drivers)
- Rides, miles or loads
- About 300,000 miles by August 2012 across the fleet (Google)
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current vehicles.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
From the maker
Google self-driving Toyota Prius is the only vehicle from Google (Project Chauffeur, later Waymo) in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedresearch vehicle, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Google self-driving Toyota PriusGoogle (Project Chauffeur, later Waymo) |  BRAiVEVisLab (University of Parma)Same job: research · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  VIAC vans (VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge)VisLab (University of Parma)Same job: research · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
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| First shown | 2010-10 | 2009 | 2010-07-20 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Retired |
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Sources
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