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<b>FUTURE SELF-DRIVING CAR:</b> Nasa tests its new battery-powered Modular Robotic Vehicle <i>Image: Nasa</i>
<b>FUTURE SELF-DRIVING CAR:</b> Nasa tests its new battery-powered Modular Robotic Vehicle <i>Image: Nasa</i>

HOUSTON, Texas - Earlier in 2015, Wheels24 reported that Google is testing its new self-driving car, set to be launched later in 2015.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has set its sights on a similar project with the debut of its autonomous Modular Robotic Vehicle (MRV) prototype.

The MRV, built at Nasa’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas, is the size of a golf cart and is packed with the space agency's latest technology including remote and autonomous control.

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