Clearly that Apple was expanding the scale of the test driver team of its own automatic driving car 'Apple Car'
Apple has long been rumored to be developing its own self-driving car ' Apple Car ', but it has become clear that the number of test driver teams for this Apple Car has been increased.
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Apple expands test driver team for its 'Apple Car' vehicle project
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/07/12/apple-expands-test-driver-team-for-its-apple-car-autonomous-vehicle-project
In May 2023, Apple has reduced the number of Apple Car test driver teams from 201 (as of March 2023) to 145. This is the first time in two years that Apple has reduced the size of its Apple Car test driver team, according to publicly available information from the California Department of Motor Vehicles .
Newly released information from the California Department of Motor Vehicles as of July 7, 2023 revealed that Apple had increased the number of test driver teams to 152 people. The number of Apple test vehicles being tested in California has remained unchanged since March 2023 at 66.
In California, in June 2023, Mercedes-Benz will become the fourth automaker to have driverless self-driving cars approved for use on public roads. In addition, Nuro, which is three companies other than Mercedes-Benz, has been licensed in 2020, Cruise and Waymo have been licensed in 2021, and Apple has not yet applied for permission to test unmanned automatic driving cars. .
The table below summarizes the number of test drivers and test vehicles owned by each company in California as of July 7, 2023, based on information released by the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
| Number of test drivers | Number of test vehicles | |
|---|---|---|
| Mercedes-Benz | 210 | 77 |
| Waymo | 846 | 358 |
| Tesla | 59 | 14 |
| Cruise | 332 | 940 |
| Zoox | 576 | 208 |
| NVIDIA | 294 | 13 |
| Apple | 152 | 66 |
| Toyota | not available | not available |
| Nuro | 118 | one two three |
| Motional | 36 | 48 |
| Woven Planet | 77 | 38 |
| Pony.ai | 7 | 17 |
Seven companies are testing unmanned self-driving cars in California, of which only four are automakers: Mercedes-Benz, Nuro, Cruise and Waymo. Mercedes-Benz does not appear to have disclosed how many vehicles it is testing on public roads yet, but it turns out that Nuro has tested 14, Cruise 330 and Waymo 271. . In addition, Autox (1 unit), Zoox (7 units), Apollo (4 units), and WeRide (4 units), which develop automatic driving technology, are also testing automatic driving cars, albeit in a small number.
In California, accidents related to automatic driving cars are obligated to be recorded, no matter how small the accident. This means that even if the vehicle is driven manually instead of automatically, it must be recorded regardless of who is at fault. According to the record, since April 2023, Apple's test vehicle has been recorded as having one crash.
The number of collision accidents caused by each company's test vehicles after April 2023 is as follows.
Waymo: 10 cases
Cruise: 14 cases
Zoom: 3 cases
Mercedes-Benz: 3 cases
Apple: 1 case
Pony.ai: 1 case
WeRide: 2 cases
Below is the total number of crashes the companies have caused since they began testing vehicles in California. Waymo and Cruise, which have by far the largest number of test drivers and vehicles, record the most crashes.
| Maker | Number of collision accidents |
|---|---|
| Waymo | 246 |
| Cruise | 227 |
| Zoox | 78 |
| Apple | 17 |
| Pony.ai | Ten |
| Mercedes-Benz | 8 |
| WeRide | 7 |
| Motional | 2 |
| Woven Planet | 1 |
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