According to Google&#x27;s latest monthly report [1]:<p>Miles driven since start of project in 2009
“Autonomous mode” means the software is driving the vehicle, and test drivers are not touching the manual
controls. “Manual mode” means the test drivers are driving the car.<p>* Autonomous mode: 1,158,818 miles<p>* Manual mode: 877,477 miles<p>* We’re currently averaging ~10,000 autonomous miles per week on public streets<p>(my note: over a million miles without an accident caused by software)<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;static.googleusercontent.com&#x2F;media&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;&#x2F;selfdrivingcar&#x2F;files&#x2F;reports&#x2F;report-0815.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;static.googleusercontent.com&#x2F;media&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;...</a><p>Don&#x27;t let their track record on consumer hardware fool you. Apple makes nice phones and laptops, while Google has built an entire simulation of where their vehicles drive, continually updates that data with vehicles in the field, and runs their self driving algorithms against those world simulations. This ain&#x27;t no Apple Maps.