Somewhere deep inside the secret labs at Google X, Sergey Brin must have read that and smiled. In classic Google fashion, though, Brin talked less about what the Google car could mean for Google and more about how it might change the world.

Google today announced plans to offer its own self-driving car, which will drive people around without a steering wheel, pedals, or brakes. The company has already shown off its own self-driving technology, which retrofits existing vehicles made by Toyota and Lexus. However this new version, which was announced by company cofounder Sergey Brin at the Recode conference, […]