Google Thinks Self-Driving Cars Will Be Great for Stranded Seniors

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Florence Swanson has lived through every American car from the Ford Model T to the Tesla Model S. Now, at 94, she has stepped into what Google hopes will be the automotive future: self-driving vehicles.

After her painting of a guitar player won a Google contest, she became the oldest person yet to ride in a model with the company’s autonomous technology.