Google Ready to Capture the Entire US?

Wow, was my respond when I first saw the above image taken in the Google parking in Mountain View, California. (Followed by an OMG) As you can see, there is an entire fleet of at least 30 brand-new Chevy Cobalt cars, most without license plates, each with a metal frame attached at the top which is highly likely to be a vertical extension for mounting Google's Street View 360° camera.

Here's a closeup:
This should be how the car is going to look when the 11-lens + 360 degree camera is installed:
If you still haven't put up a robot.txt (v2.0) outside your garden, you better do now! :P

[Via Gizmodo]