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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?
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(Score: 3, Funny) by darkfeline on Sunday August 16 2015, @01:51AM
iCars will only run on iRoads. You have to buy a license to drive on each segment of iRoad for a measly $0.99 USD from the Apple App Store. iCars will actively tailgate and drive dangerously around non-iCars, like those heretic Google Cars. You can choose from the 15 MPH, 30 MPH, 45 MPH, and 60 MPH models (upgrade fees apply).
A premium, diamond-and-gold version will be available on release for $50,000,000 USD.
The iCars' tendency to plow into bystanders wearing Android shirts is a feature, not a bug.
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