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Google's Autonomous Car Passes 2 Million Miles

Google said today it recently reached a huge milestone with its autonomous cars. Its cars have logged its two-millionth mile. To put into perspective, Google's self-driving cars have travelled roughly 300 years of human driving. The first million miles took Google six years, the second million came in at 16 months. Recode evaluates how far Google's self-driving cars have come. It notes that Google has been involved in 14 of such incidents, 13 of which were caused by other drivers.

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  1. 2 Million miles on the odometer! by jfdavis668 · · Score: 3, Funny

    They won't get much for that car when they sell it, it's hard to sell a car with more that 100,000 miles on it.

  2. Re:They work by kqs · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's in the East Coast upgrade package. The New York package doesn't wait for the pedestrian.

  3. Re:Don't care; Do not want. by Maxwell · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's why I never use subways, airplanes or trains. If I can't drive, I ain't getting in!