Name: Google's driverless car
Uploaded: 2011-03-31T14:36:00Z
Duration: 3 min 57 s
Description: Sebastian Thrun helped build Google's amazing driverless car, powered by a very personal quest to save lives and reduce traffic accidents. Jawdropping video shows the DARPA Challenge-winning car motoring through busy city traffic with no one behind the wheel, and dramatic test drive footage from TED2011 demonstrates how fast the thing can really go.

Sebastian Thrun helped build Google's amazing driverless car, powered by a very personal quest to save lives and reduce traffic accidents. Jawdropping video shows the DARPA Challenge-winning car motoring through busy city traffic with no one behind the wheel, and dramatic test drive footage from TED2011 demonstrates how fast the thing can really go.

Sebastian Thrun: Google's driverless car

Google's driverless car

Self-driving technology could double or triple highway capacity and eliminate traffic jams by reducing the need for human precision.

The transition to autonomous vehicles promises to reclaim 4 billion hours wasted in traffic, turning daily commutes into productive time.

Imagine a future where the notion of humans driving cars is seen as archaic, thanks to the life-saving potential of driverless technology.