An Apple self-driving car has been spotted in California, and it's built from off-the-shelf parts
7 years, 10 months ago

An Apple self-driving car has been spotted in California, and it's built from off-the-shelf parts

Firstpost  

It’s now two weeks since the permission to test self-driving cars was granted and, finally, an Apple-powered self-driving car takes to the streets Apple received permission to start testing self-driving vehicles on California’s roads earlier this month. It’s now two weeks since the permission was granted and, finally, an Apple-powered self-driving car takes to the streets of the state. Photos of the car have been handed over to Bloomberg, and its subsequent report on the car suggests that it’s festooned with off-the-shelf sensors, including a 64-channel lidar unit from Velodyne Lidar Inc. Lidar is short for light detection and ranging and is the range detection and environmental scanning tool of choice for self-driving cars these days. We’ve been hearing of Apple’s self-driving car project since last year and there were even rumours that it was shut down.

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Social media mocks Apple as it scraps its autonomous electric car plans after a decade of work - as one user jokes 'they realised it would require Windows!'
1 year ago

Social media mocks Apple as it scraps its autonomous electric car plans after a decade of work - as one user jokes 'they realised it would require Windows!'

Daily Mail  

Despite spending billions of dollars on the project in the past 10 years, Apple has scrapped efforts to build its own self-driving electric car. One X user said: 'Apple has cancelled plans to make a car after realizing it would require windows' 'Good thing we still have the original Apple car!' Another user joked that the 'charging solution proved a …

Apple pulls plug on electric car dream
1 year, 1 month ago

Apple pulls plug on electric car dream

The Telegraph  

Apple has cancelled its plans to build an electric car after reports that it was struggling to create a self-driving vehicle. It aimed to deliver breakthrough battery technology that would radically cut their cost, according to insiders, and create car software that would mean the car would genuinely drive itself. In January, it was revealed that Apple was delaying the …

After 10 years of development, Apple abruptly cancels its electric car project
1 year, 1 month ago

After 10 years of development, Apple abruptly cancels its electric car project

NPR  

After 10 years of development, Apple abruptly cancels its electric car project Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Jeff Chiu/AP Apple has ended its secret plans of building a self-driving electric car, a decade-long effort that was seen as one of the most ambitious undertakings in the company's history. Apple executives on Tuesday informed teams working on the tech …

Apple's effort in testing self-driving car technology paced up: Details
1 year, 1 month ago

Apple's effort in testing self-driving car technology paced up: Details

India TV News  

Apple has ramped up its self-driving car testing and has logged over 450,000 miles of autonomous driving in the US from December 2022 to November 2023. The Wired reports that Apple has a permit to test autonomous vehicle tech on California’s public roads only if the company has a safety driver behind the wheel. Meanwhile, Google’s Waymo drove 3.7 million …

Apple Ramped Up Autonomous Vehicle Testing Last Year, Filings Show
55 years, 2 months ago

Apple Ramped Up Autonomous Vehicle Testing Last Year, Filings Show

Wired  

Apple’s secretive vehicle project doesn’t have much to show for its six years of work, at least publicly. But records submitted by the company to a California agency show that Apple went on an autonomous testing jag last year, almost quadrupling the number of miles it tested on public roads compared to 2022 and jumping 2021’s total by a factor …

Apple car: Electric vehicle debut postponed to 2028
1 year, 2 months ago

Apple car: Electric vehicle debut postponed to 2028

The Telegraph  

Apple has pushed back the launch date for its long-rumoured electric vehicle and scaled back its self-driving features as the iPhone maker struggles with the shift from gadgets to cars. Dan Ives, a technology analyst at Wedbush Securities, said developing an electric car had proved “arduous” for Apple. The car will feature what is known as “level two” autonomous driving …

Apple to release their car in 2026, will not be able to give full self-driving feature at launch
2 years, 3 months ago

Apple to release their car in 2026, will not be able to give full self-driving feature at launch

Firstpost  

Apple will be launching their first car in 2026. The car will cost about $100,000, use specially designed Apple silicon and will not have full self-driving features. Earlier reports suggested Apple may have been going for a fully autonomous design without a steering wheel or pedals. “In a significant shift for the project, the company is now planning a less-ambitious …

Apple again delays its first self-driving car launch, now schedules for 2026
2 years, 3 months ago

Apple again delays its first self-driving car launch, now schedules for 2026

Hindustan Times  

Apple Inc. has scaled back ambitious self-driving plans for its future electric vehicle and postponed the car’s target launch date by about a year to 2026, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The car project, dubbed Titan inside the company, has been in limbo for the past several months as Apple executives grappled with the reality that its …

Apple's car is scaled back - if it arrives it will NOT be fully self-driving but could cost $100K
2 years, 3 months ago

Apple's car is scaled back - if it arrives it will NOT be fully self-driving but could cost $100K

Daily Mail  

The effort to build a car started in 2014 and has seen numerous executives come and go over the years Apple's long-delayed and troubled car project has been scaled back - it won't be fully self-driving if it arrives in 2026. Apple's long-delayed and troubled car project has been scaled back - it won't be fully self-driving if it arrives …

Apple's car is loved before it exists as 26% would buy one from the iPhone maker - more than Tesla
2 years, 6 months ago

Apple's car is loved before it exists as 26% would buy one from the iPhone maker - more than Tesla

Daily Mail  

Apple's nonexistent self-driving car is already being embraced by consumers as a new survey reveals that 26 percent of drivers would 'definitely consider' buying a vehicle from the iPhone maker. Scroll down for video Consulting firm Strategic Vision surveyed 200,000 new car owners and for the first time added Apple to the more than 45 brands that consumers could share …

Editorial: Slam the brakes on Tesla’s self-driving madness
3 years, 3 months ago

Editorial: Slam the brakes on Tesla’s self-driving madness

LA Times  

In recent years, some Tesla owners have had the option to buy a $10,000 software upgrade to test what the company calls its “Full Self-Driving” package, essentially making ordinary drivers on public roads part of a vast experiment of the company’s autonomous vehicle technology. Even though Tesla CEO Elon Musk routinely brags about his company’s driverless technology — helping fuel …

Apple’s electric car could debut as soon as 2025: Report
3 years, 4 months ago

Apple’s electric car could debut as soon as 2025: Report

Live Mint  

Apple Inc is pushing to launch its electric car as early as 2025 and refocusing the project around full self-driving capabilities, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Apple's ideal car would have no steering wheel and pedals, with interiors designed around hands-off driving, the report said. "It's a matter of when, not if," Wedbush analyst …

Apple accelerates work on car, aims for fully autonomous vehicle
3 years, 4 months ago

Apple accelerates work on car, aims for fully autonomous vehicle

Al Jazeera  

Apple’s ideal car would have no steering wheel and pedals, and its interior would be designed around hands-off driving. For the past several years, Apple’s car team had explored two simultaneous paths: creating a model with limited self-driving capabilities focused on steering and acceleration — similar to most current cars from Tesla Inc. — or a version with full self-driving …

Apple’s car obsession is all about taking eyes off the road
3 years, 9 months ago

Apple’s car obsession is all about taking eyes off the road

Live Mint  

At first glance, the forays Apple Inc., Google and other technology giants are making into the world of cars don’t appear to be particularly lucrative. A Waymo minivan moves along a city street as an empty driver's seat and a moving steering wheel drive passengers during an autonomous vehicle ride, as passengers view a detailed viewing screen, Wednesday, April 7, …

Apple’s car obsession is all about taking eyes off the road
3 years, 9 months ago

Apple’s car obsession is all about taking eyes off the road

LA Times  

At first glance, the forays Apple Inc., Google and other technology giants are making into the world of cars don’t appear to be particularly lucrative. “Each of these companies, including Facebook, want to be a part of or even control and dominate every part of citizens’ lives,” said professor Raj Rajkumar, who leads the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. …

Apple and autonomous vehicles an ideal match, hints company chief Tim Cook
3 years, 11 months ago

Apple and autonomous vehicles an ideal match, hints company chief Tim Cook

Firstpost  

One option for Apple could be to build an autonomous driving platform for automakers. Apple chief Tim Cook portrayed self-driving cars as an ideal match for the technology giant during an interview released Monday by the New York Times. “An autonomous car is a robot and so there are a lots of things you can do with autonomy; we will …

Hyundai says it is in early talks with Apple about building an electric car
4 years, 2 months ago

Hyundai says it is in early talks with Apple about building an electric car

Daily Mail  

Hyundai says it is in early talks with Apple about building a self-driving electric car - sending the the vehicle manufacturer's share price soaring 20 per cent. Korea Economic Daily TV first reported the link up between the iPhone maker and Hyundai, suggesting the first vehicles could be ready for the public by 2027 The South Korean firm didn't say …

These five patents offer hints about what an Apple car could look like
4 years, 2 months ago

These five patents offer hints about what an Apple car could look like

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Talk of a possible Apple car is back. In this way, a passenger could read the page as a fixed object in the external environment while still seeing visual cues about the car’s movements, allowing them to “work, view, or read in comfort without experiencing motion sickness as may occur if the passenger was trying …

Apple Car speculation is back. Here’s what we know so far
4 years, 2 months ago

Apple Car speculation is back. Here’s what we know so far

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Longstanding speculation that Apple will release its own electric, self-driving car was reignited last week when Reuters, citing unnamed sources, reported that Apple plans to produce a passenger vehicle by 2024. Some experts think it’s more likely Apple will partner with one or multiplecar makers to sell a car operating system, self-driving software or other …

An Apple-Tesla showdown on the factory floor is in the works
4 years, 3 months ago

An Apple-Tesla showdown on the factory floor is in the works

Live Mint  

It was kind of inevitable that Tesla Inc.’s biggest challenger wouldn’t be a car company. Yet the effort Automotive suppliers, including Taiwan’s Hota, have been told by Apple to ramp up production of parts ahead of a launch as early as next September, as reported. “You can’t just go to a supplier like Foxconn and say: Build me a car.” …

Apple plans self-driving electric car by 2024: Report
4 years, 3 months ago

Apple plans self-driving electric car by 2024: Report

India TV News  

Tech giant Apple is planning to venture into the automobile sector. It said that Apple is also working on its own battery technology that will be integrated with the new passenger vehicle. Notably, Doug Field, an Apple veteran who had worked for Elon Musk's Tesla, returned to oversee the project two years ago. If Apple makes a breakthrough in a …

Apple self-driving car to hit market in 2024: Report
4 years, 3 months ago

Apple self-driving car to hit market in 2024: Report

Live Mint  

Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Central to Apple's strategy is a new battery design that could "radically" reduce the cost of batteries and increase the vehicle's range, according to a third person …

Tesla ‘full self-driving’ vehicles can’t drive themselves
4 years, 5 months ago

Tesla ‘full self-driving’ vehicles can’t drive themselves

Associated Press  

DETROIT — Earlier this week, Tesla sent out its “full self-driving” software to a small group of owners who will test it on public roads. “It is a very limited functionality that still requires constant driver supervision.” On a conference call Wednesday, Musk told industry analysts that the company is starting full self-driving slowly and cautiously “because the world is …

Google spin-out Waymo rules out building its own self-driving cars
5 years, 7 months ago

Google spin-out Waymo rules out building its own self-driving cars

The Telegraph  

Google's spin-off self-driving firm Waymo has said it won't build a self-driving car from the ground up again because it's a "distraction". Speaking as the company prepared to open a Detroit factory which will be used to fit Chrysler and Jaguar cars with its self-driving software, Patrick Cadariu, its head of vehicle supply chain operations, said making cars was "really …

Apple acquires a self-driving shuttle firm Drive.ai
5 years, 9 months ago

Apple acquires a self-driving shuttle firm Drive.ai

India TV News  

Apple acquires a self-driving shuttle firm Drive.ai Apple acquires a self-driving shuttle firm called Drive.ai in a move to take on its rival Alphabet Inc's Waymo to develop self-driving cars. Apple acquires a self-driving shuttle firm called Drive.ai. According to the technology news website, The Information reported that the iPhone maker had been considering to acquire the firm to bring …

Apple reportedly acquires self-driving shuttle firm Drive.ai for an undisclosed sum
5 years, 9 months ago

Apple reportedly acquires self-driving shuttle firm Drive.ai for an undisclosed sum

Firstpost  

Apple is vying against rivals such as Alphabet Inc’s Waymo to develop self-driving vehicles. Apple Inc on Tuesday confirmed that it has acquired self-driving shuttle firm Drive.ai. Technology news website The Information reported earlier this month that the iPhone maker was considering acquiring the firm as a move to bring aboard some of its engineering talent to boost Apple’s own …

Apple increases efforts to test self-driving cars but still lags behind Waymo: Report
6 years, 1 month ago

Apple increases efforts to test self-driving cars but still lags behind Waymo: Report

Firstpost  

Apple is a relative latecomer to the field, having only secured a permit to conduct testing in 2017. Apple Inc has sharply increased its efforts to test self-driving cars on public roads but lags far behind market leader Waymo on a key safety metric, according to data released on Wednesday by the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The data was …

Apple lays off over 200 people from its 'Project Titan' self driving car division
6 years, 2 months ago

Apple lays off over 200 people from its 'Project Titan' self driving car division

Daily Mail  

Apple has laid off over 200 employees from its secretive self driving car division, it has been claimed. Apple executives have never publicly spoken about the company's self-driving car program, but filings in a criminal court case last year confirmed that the company had at least 5,000 employees working on the project and that it was working on circuit boards …

Op-Ed: Arizona’s revolt against self-driving cars should be a wake-up call to the companies that make them
6 years, 2 months ago

Op-Ed: Arizona’s revolt against self-driving cars should be a wake-up call to the companies that make them

LA Times  

People are fighting back against robot cars. Self-driving cars being tested in Arizona by Waymo, a Google sister company, have been attacked by residents in at least 21 separate incidents, according to the Arizona Republic. “If self-driving cars are going to revolutionize transportation, states and cities shouldn’t be deprived of their ability to keep people safe during that transformation, especially …

Apple self driving car 'in autonomous mode' rear ended by a Nissan
6 years, 6 months ago

Apple self driving car 'in autonomous mode' rear ended by a Nissan

Daily Mail  

One of Apple's self-driving cars was involved in a minor car crash for the first time. Scroll down for video In a report filed with the California Department of Motor Vehicles, the iPhone maker said its self-driving Lexus RX 450h was rear-ended by a human driver in a Nissan Leaf 'On August 24th at 2:58 p.m., an Apple test vehicle …

Apple records first-ever accident in self-driving car programme
6 years, 6 months ago

Apple records first-ever accident in self-driving car programme

Live Mint  

New York: An Apple Inc self-driving car was rear-ended while merging onto an expressway near the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters this month, the company said in an accident report posted on Friday that confirmed the iPhone maker is still in the race to build autonomous vehicles. Apple executives have never publicly spoken about the company’s self-driving car programme, but filings …

Apple self-driving car rear ended during road testing
6 years, 6 months ago

Apple self-driving car rear ended during road testing

The Telegraph  

An Apple Inc self-driving car was rear-ended while merging onto an expressway near the company's Silicon Valley headquarters this month, the company said in an accident report posted on Friday that confirmed the iPhone maker is still in the race to build autonomous vehicles. Apple executives have never publicly spoken about the company's self-driving car program, but filings in a …

Apple Cars to become a reality by 2023, predicts former KGI analyst Ming Chi Kuo
6 years, 7 months ago

Apple Cars to become a reality by 2023, predicts former KGI analyst Ming Chi Kuo

Firstpost  

The Cupertino-based company has largely remained silent on its plans about the Apple Car. As industry watchers think that Apple car is dead, the iPhone maker could launch it anytime between 2023 and 2025, a top Apple analyst with Hong Kong-based TF International Securities has claimed. “Apple will earn its 2 trillion dollar market cap through its services business, an …

Building a car fits well with 'Apple's product-based business model' say Analysts
6 years, 8 months ago

Building a car fits well with 'Apple's product-based business model' say Analysts

Firstpost  

Even though Apple struck a deal with Volkswagen, they might be investigating in making its own car. According to various reports, Apple’s electric car program called Project Titan has had some setbacks. According to analysts from Guggenheim, Robert Cihra and Amil Patel, even though Apple struck a deal with Volkswagen, the company might be making its own car, “because it …

Apple teams up with Volkswagen to make self-driving passenger vans
6 years, 10 months ago

Apple teams up with Volkswagen to make self-driving passenger vans

Daily Mail  

Apple has partnered with car manufacturer Volkswagen to bring its dream of self-driving cars to life. Scroll down for video Apple has partnered with German car manufacturer Volkswagen to bring its dream of self-driving cars to life. The partnership will turn Volkswagen's T6 transporter vans into autonomous shuttle buses for its employees Apple has had little success with its attempts …

Apple Nearly Doubles Self-Driving Fleet in California
7 years ago

Apple Nearly Doubles Self-Driving Fleet in California

News 18  

Registering 18 new vehicles since January, Apple has expanded its self-driving car programme rapidly and now has 45 autonomous vehicles registered with California's Department of Motor Vehicles. "Apple has nearly doubled the number of self-driving cars in its California test fleet. The number of cars is more than companies like Google, Waymo, and Uber have and is second only to …

U.S. Autonomous-Car Startup Signs Deal With VW And Hyundai
7 years, 2 months ago

U.S. Autonomous-Car Startup Signs Deal With VW And Hyundai

NPR  

U.S. Autonomous-Car Startup Signs Deal With VW And Hyundai Enlarge this image toggle caption S.J.HONG/Hyundai S.J.HONG/Hyundai Aurora, a startup company led by three veterans of Google, Tesla, and Uber, has signed deals with both Volkswagen and Hyundai with the goal of putting autonomous vehicle technology on the market within three years — and doing so "quickly, broadly and safely." It's …

GM tests self driving car on San Francisco streets
7 years, 3 months ago

GM tests self driving car on San Francisco streets

Daily Mail  

A self-driving General Motors Co Bolt slowly drove more than two miles through crowded San Francisco streets in its media debut on Tuesday, but double-parked cars and orange traffic cones tripped up the computer driver, and a taco truck stumped the machine. GM'S CRUISE AUTOMATION TEST DRIVE A self-driving General Motors Co Bolt slowly drove more than two miles through …

Autonomous cars head for the Big Apple
7 years, 5 months ago

Autonomous cars head for the Big Apple

Associated Press  

DETROIT — Autonomous vehicles are already navigating the verdant hills of Pittsburgh and the pitched avenues of San Francisco. Cruise Automation, a San Francisco-based self-driving software company owned by General Motors Co., aims to begin testing in New York City early next year. Manhattan is easier for autonomous vehicles to navigate than Boston or Los Angeles because it’s laid out …

Self-driving cars: Not ready yet, but new rules open a path
7 years, 5 months ago

Self-driving cars: Not ready yet, but new rules open a path

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Although consumers can’t yet get a self-driving car for themselves, the technology’s long and windy road to market is getting shorter. Still, California’s Department of Motor Vehicles formally proposed rules Wednesday that starting next year will govern how everyday people in the trend-setting state can get robocars. At the same time, in California alone the 42 companies …

Samsung secures self-driving car permit in California
7 years, 6 months ago

Samsung secures self-driving car permit in California

Daily Mail  

Samsung has received a permit to test self-driving vehicles in California, marking the entry of the world's largest smart phone maker four months after iPhone maker and arch rival Apple Inc received a permit. Its parent company in May secured permission from South Korean authorities to test a self-driving car fitted with its own sensors and software systems. Scroll down …

Morgan Stanley analyst says a partnership with Tesla can help Apple's self-driving car initiative
7 years, 9 months ago

Morgan Stanley analyst says a partnership with Tesla can help Apple's self-driving car initiative

Firstpost  

Partnering with one of the most mature self driving car companies in the market will give Apple the leg up it needs. Toyota, Stanford and MIT are together creating a blockchain based solution for easy sharing of data between self driving car companies and component manufacturers. Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas told Business Insider that buying out or partnering with …

Apple is going to face tough competition in the self-driving car space; here's how the rivals stack up
7 years, 9 months ago

Apple is going to face tough competition in the self-driving car space; here's how the rivals stack up

Firstpost  

In level 5 autonomous vehicles, the cars are robotic taxis, only requiring passengers to feed in their destinations, and the steering wheel is optional. However, safety is the major concern here and Ford has indicated that it is not in any kind of race to be the first to have Level 5 self driving cars on the road. Toyota, Stanford …

Tim Cook confirms that Apple is working on software for self-driving cars
7 years, 9 months ago

Tim Cook confirms that Apple is working on software for self-driving cars

Firstpost  

Putting to bed all rumours of Apple designing a self-driving car, Apple CEO Tim Cook in an interview said that the company is focusing on “automated systems” to power a driverless car. projects actually to work on.” Apple who had been working on the front of producing a car under their name, a project better known as Project Titan, saw …

Apple is working on driverless cars, confirms CEO Tim Cook
7 years, 9 months ago

Apple is working on driverless cars, confirms CEO Tim Cook

India Today  

It has been rumoured but never confirmed. Apple CEO Tim Cook has reportedly confirmed that the world's most profitable technology company is working on driverless cars as part of its efforts on develop autonomous systems. Although there are no other details that Cook offered about Apple's driverless cars, there are rumours that Apple's cars could be shown in public in …

Apple,Tesla ask California to change self-driving car rule
7 years, 10 months ago

Apple,Tesla ask California to change self-driving car rule

Daily Mail  

Apple has asked the state of California to make changes in its proposed policies on self-driving cars, the latest sign the technology giant is pursuing driverless car technology. The images were captured by a passerby as the car emerged from a Silicon Valley research facility California said on Tuesday it would review comments before deciding whether to make changes to …

Apple self-driving car testing plan gives clues to tech programme
7 years, 11 months ago

Apple self-driving car testing plan gives clues to tech programme

Live Mint  

San Francisco: Apple Inc. outlined a plan to train operators of self-driving cars in documents submitted to California regulators earlier this month, the latest clues to the company’s autonomous vehicle technology aspirations. As part of the application, Apple included a 10-page training plan that appeared to be related to operators taking back manual control of the car during automated driving …

The iPhone of cars? Apple enters self-driving car race
7 years, 11 months ago

The iPhone of cars? Apple enters self-driving car race

India TV News  

Apple is joining the fiercely competitive race to design self-driving cars, raising the possibility that a company that has already re-shaped culture with its iPhone may try to transform transportation, too. Apple released that statement after Steve Kenner, a former Ford Motor executive who is now Apple's director of product integrity, notified federal regulators of the company's interest in self-driving …

Apple has got permission to test autonomous vehicles in California, says Dept of Motor Vehicles
7 years, 11 months ago

Apple has got permission to test autonomous vehicles in California, says Dept of Motor Vehicles

Firstpost  

Apple Inc has secured a permit to test autonomous vehicles in California, fuelling speculation that it is working on self-driving car technology in a crowded arena of companies hoping to offer those cars to the masses. “This does confirm what’s long been rumored: that Apple is at least toying with the idea of getting into the autonomous game in some …

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