A Lexus version of a Google Self Driving car is shown in Mountain View, California, U.S., April 8, 2016. To match Special Report AUTOS-DRIVERLESS/ REUTERS/Alexandria Sage
AUSTIN, Texas: The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Plaza here is a strip mall with a pet-accessories store, a Thai restaurant and a yogurt shop, an unlikely venue to display the high-tech future.
But one Saturday morning in March, Google did just that. A small convoy of its driverless cars cruised into the fading asphalt parking lot to give test drives – test rides, actually – to American mayors visiting Austin’s annual South by Southwest tech-and-culture festival.
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