Apple's automated driving car development is continuing expanding vehicles to nearly 30 cars

Bloomberg reports on the current status of Apple, which is developing automated driving cars among IT companies following Google (now Waymo), Uber and others. According to it, it seems that development cars used by Apple are expanded to about 30 units, and day and night development is continuing.

Apple Expands California Self-Driving Test Fleet to 27 Cars - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-25/apple-expands-california-self-driving-test-fleet-to-27-cars

Apple's self driving car testing expands to nearly 30 SUVs as research continues | 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/25/apple-car-testing/

Apple received approval from California authorities in April 2017, for developmentPublic road debut of automatic driving car debutI was doing. Since then, Apple has expanded to a total of 27 systems by increasing the number of Lexus hybrid cars "RX 450h", a development vehicle, by 24 units. In June of the same year CEO Tim CookAcknowledging that automatic driving car technology is under developmentIt is.


In November 2017, a unit for the automatic driving car which Apple thought to have developed independently was extravenged

Automatic driving car unit developed by Apple was photographed and its aim was revealed - GIGAZINE


Information on the test vehicle increase is what the Bureau of Vehicle Management (DMV) in California revealed to Bloomberg's interview. Approval by the authorities is required when testing automated driving cars etc. in the state, and Apple has obtained approval in April 2017. In addition to IT companies such as Google and Baidu, some of the major automobile manufacturers such as Volkswagen, Nissan and Subaru are listed in the list of companies that were approved as of April 2017.

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The development policy of Apple's automatic driving car is said to be in "development of automatic driving system" unlike other companies. For this reason, Apple seems to have a policy to profit by offering technology to other companies rather than producing vehicles in-house based on the technology developed. However, Waymo which started with Google's project has expanded its development base to six provinces and is developing with 600 minivans. Besides this, manufacturers such as Toyota and Mercedes Benz, and emerging manufacturers such as Tesla are scarifying the pace with automatic driving car technology development.