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June 13, 2017 06:40 pm GMT

Pour one out for Firefly, Google's quirky little self-driving car

Sad news, quirky car enthusiasts: Waymo is taking its fleet of tiny self-driving vehicles off the roads. 

The autonomous car company announced it will retire the Firefly, the round-topped two-seater that served as the most obvious visual marker of Google's self-driving car efforts long before the Waymo brand was on the scene. The prototype was introduced to the public back in 2014, when it offered awe-struck Californians a first-hand look at the future of autonomous transportation. 

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The Firefly, with its one-of-a-kind steering wheel and pedal-free design, was instrumental in the development of Google's self-driving tech, logging millions of test miles rolling along at 25 mph.  Read more...

More about Google, Autonomous Vehicles, Self Driving Cars, Firefly, and Waymo

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