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> Given 1-4, $1.1B doesn't seem like much.

Seriously, they'd make trillions from self-driving tech. They'd end up spinning off an Uber-like self-driving ride service, and then they can track you and serve ads to you wherever you go. The data mining potential alone is huge.




Bill every business for each delivered customer.

Don't care to participate? Your steakhouse will show up on Google Maps if the user knows precisely where to zoom in or the exact name of the restaurant. Otherwise, "Hey Google, take me to a great steakhouse" and off we go..


No. Otherwise- Google's car doesn't have my favorite steakhouse, where I am going to meet my friends. I'm buying a Mazda.


lol my first instinct was that they would charge a fee, but forcing you to watch YouTube commercials sounds so Google.




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