MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google and president of its parent company Alphabet Inc., expects the technology giant to team up with “top-tier OEMs” when it ultimately brings its self-driving cars to market.
Brin, during impromptu remarks Tuesday at a press event at Google’s headquarters here, said the company intends to focus at first on shared cars -- something like self-driving taxis -- but will ultimately explore using its technology in personally owned cars as well.
“It remains open exactly how we’re going to roll it out,” Brin said. “In the near term, there’s a real upshot of making it a service, which enables a lot of people to try it out.”