Forget Google's plug-in hybrid public relations program — the company has now been out-smugged by a side project from one of its own employees, 28-year old Anthony Levandowski. Levandowski, a graduate of the UC Berkeley robotics program that was beaten by Stanford in the DARPA Grand Challenge autonomous vehicle contest, successfully tested a driverless ride from Fisherman's Wharf to Oakland in a Prius. Sure, it took a human-driver dry run and a police escort. But when it comes to smug drivers, you probably can't beat our inevitable overlords. [CNET News]

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