Google doesn't have the experience with liability that traditional automobile manufacturers are and I bet they tend to brush over items that made the other guys pause.
Its one thing to deliver ads and mail, a simple mistake or improper product usage by the end user doesn't hurt someone, but cars are a whole different ball game.
and don't underestimate that some people who get in one will try to cause problems.
>Its one thing to deliver ads and mail, a simple mistake or improper product usage by the end user doesn't hurt someone, but cars are a whole different ball game.
Except for when they released Google Buzz and exposed a bunch of private data to the world, endangering some people who were relying on their trust in google to keep themselves hidden from abusive exes and/or various other dangerous sorts of person. Oopsie!
> Google doesn't have the experience with liability that traditional automobile manufacturers
Consider how Elon Musk is disrupting entire industries by refusing to think like this. IMO inexperience can be an advantage when competing with an entrenched industry. And experience can easily be bought where needed by a well funded company.
Its one thing to deliver ads and mail, a simple mistake or improper product usage by the end user doesn't hurt someone, but cars are a whole different ball game.
and don't underestimate that some people who get in one will try to cause problems.