(Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. is ready to take the self-driving cars it designed onto public roads, another step in the company’s efforts to change the way people use vehicles.
The Internet-search giant plans to put a “few” of its small cars on roads in Mountain View, California, this summer, graduating from the test track, Chris Urmson, director of the self-driving project said Friday in a blog post. They will use safety drivers with the vehicles, which were first unveiled last year. Until now, Google has tested the technology using existing automobiles made by Toyota Motor Corp.
Google is stepping up investment in the project as it looks for new ways to spur the development of self-driving vehicles. The company has made 25 of the vehicles, which look like something out of a futuristic cartoon, and will roll them out a few at a time, Google said in an e-mail.
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