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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: 2) by Username on Sunday August 16 2015, @07:31AM
Samsung has been making electric vehicles since the 70s. It’s just they’re all industrial vehicles like forklifts, cranes, mining dollies, etc. They’ve had the technology to make an electric car for a long time, but I’m guessing they haven’t entered the market since it’s not profitable. Once it is, I bet they will start making cars. Then apple will probably sue them, and get the courts to block the sales of the samsung cars even though samsung had the technology for years.