Google's self-driving cars will be let loose on the public roads this summer, following a test programme which has seen them cover over a million autonomous miles.

Safety drivers will be onboard the vehicles, complete with removeable steering wheel and pedals to take control should the cars run into trouble, but once development is complete Google says the pod-like vehicles will not have any conventional controls at all, apart from an on/off button.

The cars will be driving on public roads around the Mountain View area of California, close to Google's headquarters, and will have their top speed limited to 25 miles per hour. Google's cars will use the same software fitted to its fleet of self-driving Lexus RX450h SUVs, which has covered one million miles and is currently driving 10,000 autonomous miles every week. The new fleet of prototypes have the equivalent of 75 years of driving experience to learn from.

Visual updates from Google's first fleet of autonomous cars include the addition of indicators, functional headlights, different wheels, and a more refined sensor cluster on its roof...

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