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Google's driverless cars hit the headlines and the public consciousness in May, when the search giant announced a new design. The technology, however, is very much at the prototype stage, with sensors and equipment costing around Â£90,000 over and above the cost of the vehicle itself.
History of Self-Driving Cars. The first driverless car was produced in 1925 by a radio equipment firm called Houdina Radio Control. The vehicle, known as the Linrrican Wonder, traveled through a traffic jam in New York City and was controlled by a transmitting antennae. A car behind the Linrrican Wonder sent signals to the antennae, and the signals operated small electric motors.