Google to Test Fully Self-Driving Cars in Austin

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    Austin drivers should keep an eye out for Google's fully self-driving vehicles, set to hit city streets in the coming weeks.

    Google has already been testing its self-driving Lexus SUVs in the Texas capital for a few months, but will now begin the first test of its tiny autonomous vehicles outside California—without a human behind the wheel—the Dallas Morning Newsreported.

    Thus far, tests in Austin with the Lexus SUVs have had drivers behind the wheel, ready to take over. But Google is now ready to unleash a fully autonomous vehicle on Texas roads, the paper said.

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