Apple wants to make its project of launching a smart vehicle a reality as soon as possible. According to a new report from Bloomberg News, the company is pushing the team in charge to accelerate the development of its electric car.
According to the information, the company has also made a small twist in its plans, so it is now reorienting the project around full autonomous driving capabilities, and would have proposed to solve that great technical challenge that has plagued the automotive industry. .
Apple’s smart car would arrive without pedals or steering wheel, which is quite striking. The idea of the company is to provide the best technology on the market and save the most tedious process of riding in a vehicle, such as driving it; therefore, the interior of the vehicle would be designed to make better use of space and provide a comfortable ride without human intervention to drive. Possibly the passengers would be located on the sides of the vehicle facing each other, as if they were in a limousine. However, this part is something that apparently has not yet been resolved.
The report also cites some moves by Apple that would reflect those efforts by the company to accelerate its own electric vehicle project. These moves include the recruitment of more autonomous engineers as well as automotive hardware engineers. Among the newest additions is Christopher “CJ” Moore, Tesla’s former director of autonomous driving software.
Recent Advances in Apple’s Electric Vehicle
Although it is known that the project takes many years of development, now the main advances of the company in this ambitious project are beginning to sound. According to familiar sources, Apple recently achieved an important feat related to the development of the autonomous driving system of the car, so the first chip for this task would be progressing satisfactorily. The chip the company works on is said to be made up of neural processors that can handle the artificial intelligence necessary for the vehicle to drive autonomously, without human intervention, although the next step would be to create an advanced cooling system to avoid chip overheating.
As the project progresses, we would be several years closer to the first prototypes hitting the streets during what would be the first real field tests, although according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, there is currently a fleet of 69 Lexus SUVs. experimenting with Apple technology.
For now, the goal is that by 2025 Apple can announce its autonomous vehicle, although for now it is not clear if that goal will be achieved, at least in the desired technological capacity. But without a doubt the arrival of a car created by Apple could directly threaten Tesla, the undisputed leader of this industry.
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