Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research has been keeping a close eye on Alphabet Inc driverless car project, which is spearheaded by Alphabet's Google unit.Google began working on a self-driving car in 2009, with the objective of making transportation safer, easier and more enjoyable. The company noted that over 1.2 million lives are lost to traffic accidents across the world every year, and this figure could be lowered through self-driving cars.via