Apple has yet to openly discuss any of its self-driving research, but around 5,000 employees were reported to be working on the project as of 2018. In May 2018, Apple reportedly partnered with Volkswagen to produce an autonomous employee shuttle van based on the T6 Transporter commercial vehicle platform. In August 2018, the BBC reported that Apple had 66 road-registered driverless cars, with 111 drivers registered to operate those cars.
About Apple electric car project in brief
Apple has yet to openly discuss any of its self-driving research, but around 5,000 employees were reported to be working on the project as of 2018. In May 2018, Apple reportedly partnered with Volkswagen to produce an autonomous employee shuttle van based on the T6 Transporter commercial vehicle platform. In August 2018, the BBC reported that Apple had 66 road-registered driverless cars, with 111 drivers registered to operate those cars. In 2020, it is believed that Apple is still working on self driving related hardware, software and service as a potential product, instead of actual apple-branded cars. The project was rumored to be approved by Apple CEO Tim Cook in late 2014 and assigned to Vice President Steve Zadesky, a former Ford engineer as project in-charge. The product would resemble more of a minivan than a car, and The Sydney Morning Herald said at that time that production could start as soon as 2020. The Wall Street Journal in September 2015, it will be a battery electric vehicle, initially lacking full autonomous driving capability, with a possible unveiling around 2019.
In November 2015, various websites reported that suspected Apple front SixtyEight Research had attended an auto body conference in Europe. In late 2015, Apple contracted Torc Robotics to retrofit two Lexus SUVs with sensors in a project known internally as Baja. In 2016, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk stated that Apple will probably make a compelling electric car: \”It’s pretty hard to hide something if you hire over a thousand engineers to do it… I do think that the industry is at an inflection point for massive change. That’s what I think…” In October 2015, Tim Cook stated about the car industry that: “It would seem like there will be massive change in that industry, massive change’”. In May 2016, there were reports indicating Apple was interested in electric car charging stations. A few days later, Apple hired Dan Dodge, the founder and former chief executive officer of QNX Ltd, to take over the company’s automotive division.
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