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Apple is building a self-driving car in Silicon Valley, and is scouting for secure locations in the San Francisco Bay area to test it, the Guardian has learned. Documents show the oft-rumoured Apple car project appears to be further along than many suspected.
In May, engineers from Apple’s secretive Special Project group met with officials from GoMentum Station, a 2,100-acre former naval base near San Francisco that is being turned into a high-security testing ground for autonomous vehicles.
In correspondence obtained by the Guardian under a public records act request, Apple engineer Frank Fearon wrote: “We would ... like to get an understanding of timing and availability for the space, and how we would need to coordinate around other parties who would be using [it].”
Automobile manufacturing is a radical departure from Apple's core business. Can they pull it off?
Original Submission
(Score: 2) by Justin Case on Saturday August 15 2015, @06:24PM
You're both thinking too small.
It will only drive you to one of the now massive chain of Apple iStores (TM) and further will refuse to drive you back home until "the net" recognizes you've purchased an adequate supply of new shiny for this week.
Marketers have been ejaculating about "driving traffic to our storefront" since Web 1.0; you think they didn't really mean it, given the opportunity?