Apple worked on the project in the past Apple Car, but whatonec has reconsidered its plans, so instead of a full-fledged vehicle, it is focusing on an autonomous car system. Apple although he wanted to develop the system in secret, but in California, all companies involved in the testing autonomous vehicles file so-called Disengagement Reports. These reports must include, for example, how many miles the autonomous vehicle has driven, so that the public will also learn about the testing.
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Yesterday, the company revealed to CNBC that Apple cooperates with the Hertz car rental company in the development of the autonomous system. Unfortunately, not much else is known yet, other than that Hertz shares are up 15%. It should also be noted that on the same day, car rental company Avis began working with Alphabet's (Google's parent company) Waymo division to also test autonomous vehicles.
Bloomberg today stated that Apple rented several vehicles from Hertz. Furthermore, information appeared in the report that the vehicles as well Lexus RX450h, which Apple is currently using to test its system, was rented from Hertz' Donlen car rental company.
“The iPhone maker has leased Lexus RX450h sport utility vehicles from Hertz' Donlen, according to documents recently released by the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Apple obtained a license to test three autonomous vehicles in April, with documents showing that Donlen is the lessor and the lessee is Apple. "
