Last night, we reported on our website about the first fatal accident in which a self-driving car played a significant role. According to available information, it hit a woman crossing the road outside a crosswalk in the early hours of the morning. This incident sparked a huge discussion on the topic of autonomous cars. However, thanks to it, we learned some more interesting information about Applu and his tests of this technology.
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At the end of January, the agency published Bloomberg information related to the expansion of the Apple test fleet. Apple because at that time he significantly expanded it and thus already tested his systems on 27 cars. And apparently after two months Apple he expanded his fleet again. According to the portal Lesson finish dateancial Times namely, it is now testing autonomous driving on a total of 45 cars, i.e. it has 45 permits to test cars on California roads. For comparison, this is 6 more permits than Tesla has and 16 more than Uber. On the other hand, there is, for example, Automobile Cruise Automotive, which tests around 110 cars. Apple should thus be the second largest "tester" of this technology in California with its fleet.
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The collision could not be avoided
Although there has been a lot of speculation after yesterday's collision about whether or not the rules for testing autonomous cars will be tightened, it is unlikely that any major changes will occur. The police chief in Tempe, where the accident occurred, himself said that preventing the accident would have been difficult for anyone because the woman emerged from the shadows onto the roadway in the dark. This is probably also why nestihl does not react even to the driver who has to sit in and control the autonomous cars. Uber is therefore most likely innocent in the accident. This fact will certainly please the more than 50 companies that are testing their autonomous cars in California. In addition, from April 2, 2018, they will enjoy the novelty of the abolition of the standard that requires a person to sit in and control autonomous vehicles during testing.
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Apple is testing its autonomous driving system on Lexus RX450h cars, which you may have already seen on our website several times. Apple however, he practically does not hide his testing, and in recent months he has already stated several times that he is focusing on autonomous systems, because he considers them to be a kind of mother of all projects with artificial intelligence. According to him, autonomous driving is the most difficult AI project he has worked on so far. Hopefully, he will soon brag about his successes to us publicly.
