Google dismisses 'near miss' reports as rival driverless cars meet on California street
A self-driving car from Google and a rival from Delphi Automotive were reported to have had a close shave in Silicon Valley this week.
The two competing cars are said to have come close to one another when the Google vehicle pulled in front of the Delphi model, making it abandon a planned lane change.
Google and Delphi have both confirmed the encounter but played down early reports in the US that had painted the picture of a more dramatic near miss.
Instead, they used the fact that the vehicles avoided collision to trumpet their safety.
A Delphi spokeswoman told Ars Technica that its car performed admirably and "did exactly what it was supposed to".
According to the BBC, Google said the cars treated each other as they would any other vehicle and neither was in danger of colliding with the other.