CEO Applol, Tim Cook, in an interview for the agency Bloomberg talked about the company's intentions in the automotive market. In this way, he reacted to a whole range of information that has emerged from the sidelines in recent months.
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"We are currently focusing on autonomous systems,"he said at the beginning of the interview Cook. "We think it's one of the most important technologies. It is the very core of the entire technology.”
Further on Cook talked about artificial intelligence, which plays a key role in self-driving cars. According to him, developing perfect intelligence is vital for the car of the future. "Artificial intelligence of this type is probably one of the most difficult projects we've ever worked on." App"They worked hard."
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According to available information, the company's self-driving car project Apple has changed considerably during its development. The development of the apple company started already in 2014. The launch of the project was carried out in a very ambitious spirit. Not to mention, thanks to him, he got the job of 1000 first-class engineers who were supposed to embellish the dream car to perfection.
Over time, however, the Apple company changed its strategy and the project began to take a slightly different direction. However, this new beginning also brought with it dozens of employees.ancwho were laid off due to the "restart" of the project.
All-new powertrain?
In the next part of the interview, Cook talked about something really interesting. He hinted that the future Apple car would be powered by a completely new type of drive. According to CookIn his words, society has moved a lot in this direction. It is even possible to consider variathat already Apple is testing its drive. In April of this year, it received permission to test vehicles with its own drive.onem on public roads. According to available information, the standalone self-driving software was to be tested on Lexus RX2015h vehicles in 450. This fact is confirmed by a number of witnesses who saw these cars on the road covered with a number of sensors and cameras.
From all accounts, it seems that Apple he really decided to return to the technologies tested years ago and work on the development of his own car again. However, it is difficult to say whether Apple will throw straight into independent production, or will introduce its technology to one of its partners in the automotive industry.
"We'll see if we can take that step and how long it will take. However, we never really talk about planned products in advance, " he concluded.
I wonder how they will fare against Tesla.
I agree. They should have started earlier. There is no other strong company that has all the possibilities to introduce innovations, special technologies and completely overturn the existing rules.
It will certainly be nice if they come from a new vehicle.