Everyone’s in the self-driving car game now

In 2004, the US military wanted cars to drive themselves 142 miles across California’s Mojave Desert without ending up in a ditch. None succeeded. Just one year later, five contenders crossed the finish line. By 2007, self-driving cars could obey traffic laws, reports Wired. But the race to bring self-driving cars to market really began when Google started building its own vehicle in 2009.

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