progress - driverless car

google has hired a key official from the NHTSA to help navigate the regulatory environment for it's driverless car project. this is a critical step and signals how serious the company is about its quest. already media reports have narrowed their time estimates to a commercially available driverless car from 10 years to 5. multiple car companies including volvo, bmw and nissan are also working on similar technology. the chinese are serious as well and plan to start testing their version of this technology as early as next year...