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?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 16 2015, @02:24PM
Tesla is hemorrhaging cash, and Musk apparently has pitched Apple in the past, so it would make some sense. The price tag: high, but Apple could easily afford it (to buy the company that is). But, making money from selling Tesla cars would be more challenging.