![140818_INV_FutureGoogle_Car Vehicle prototype photo of Google's self-driving car.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140818_inv_futuregoogle_car.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
It doesn’t look like Google is planning to go it alone in the world of cars. An executive for the search giant told Reuters Wednesday that the company plans to talk to traditional automakers like General Motors, Ford and Toyota as it aims to bring self-driving cars to the mainstream by 2020.
“For us to jump in and say that we can do this better, that’s arrogant,” Chris Urmson, Google’s lead on its self-driving car initiative, told Reuters. But the company still hasn’t yet decided whether it will build its own cars or offer software and parts for cars manufactured by others.
Jon Lauckner, GM’s chief technology officer, said earlier this week that his company would “be open to having a discussion” with Google about developing self-driving cars. Companies like GM, Audi and Mercedes-Benz are already well on their way to developing their own driverless systems.
The Wildest Concept Cars of 2014
![LA Auto show media day 3 The Chevy Chaparral 2x Vision concept car on display during the third day of media day at the LA Auto show.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/06-top-concept-cars.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![US-IT-COMPUTER-CES-TOYOTA Toyota shows their future mobility concept Toyota FV2 during the 2014 International CES at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 7, 2014 in Las Vegas.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/12-top-concept-cars.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Preview Day At The Moscow International Auto Salon Preview Day At The Moscow International Auto Salon](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/08-top-concept-cars.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A worker cleans the floor beside Volkwagen's new concept car "TRISTAR" at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles booth at the IAA truck show in Hanover A worker cleans the floor beside Volkwagen's new concept car "TRISTAR" at the booth of German carmaker Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge ( Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles) at the IAA truck show in Hanover on Sept. 23, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/01-top-concept-cars.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![LA Auto Show day2 Media day Nissan shows their BladeGlider concept car on display during day 2 of media day at the LA Auto show on Nov. 19, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/05-top-concept-cars.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The Toyota C-HR Concept car is displayed on media day at the Paris Mondial de l'Automobile The Toyota C-HR Concept car is displayed on media day at the Paris Mondial de l'Automobile on Oct. 2, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/02-top-concept-cars.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![- The Maserati Alfieri concept car is displayed at the group's stand of the Geneva Motor Show, on March 4, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10-top-concept-cars.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Mercedes-Benz's new Sport Utility Coupe concept car G-Code is seen at its unveiling event during the opening ceremony of Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz R&D centre in Beijing Mercedes-Benz's new Sport Utility Coupe concept car G-Code is seen at its unveiling event during the opening ceremony of Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz research and development (R&D) centre in Beijing on Nov. 3, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/04-top-concept-cars.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Concept car presented in Vladivostok A president-mobil concept car, designed by Georgy Ostretsov, is given a test run across the Zolotoi Rog (Golden Horn) Bay on Oct. 3, 2014. The car's engine is powered by ethanol biofuel.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/03-top-concept-cars.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
As part of Google’s plans for the auto world, the company is reportedly developing a car-specific version of its next operating system, Android M, that will allow drivers to access the Internet and use Android apps without synching their smartphones to their vehicles.
[Reuters]
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