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President Trump nominates Apple exec to serve as top auto safety administrator

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 3:03 pmWednesday, February 12, 20251 Comment

President Donald Trump has nominated an Apple employee to serve as the nation’s top auto safety regulator overseeing a number of…

Apple now has 55 self-driving cars testing in California

Monday, May 14, 2018 4:33 pmMonday, May 14, 20188 Comments

Apple has, again, expanded its fleet of autonomous cars in California…

Apple again met with California DMV executives last month to talk autonomous driving

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 9:33 amWednesday, May 2, 201810 Comments

California DMV executives requested a meeting with Apple on March 16, 2018…

Apple’s fleet of self-driving vehicles has nearly doubled this year

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 3:03 pm4 Comments

Apple doesn’t appear to be slowing down on its mysterious self-driving car technology testing…

Apple has added 24 self-driving Lexus SUVs to its fleet since April 2017

Thursday, January 25, 2018 4:46 pmThursday, January 25, 20187 Comments

Apple Inc. has expanded its California self-driving test fleet to 27 vehicles as it accelerates…

Apple looks to be leasing Chrysler’s old proving grounds to test their autonomous vehicle tech

Tuesday, November 28, 2017 4:31 pm7 Comments

Over the last several months, Apple has been recruiting automotive test engineers and technicians…

Apple computer scientists disclose self-driving vehicle research

Wednesday, November 22, 2017 2:55 pmNo Comments

Research by Apple Inc. computer scientists on how self-driving cars can better spot cyclists and pedestrians…

Apple continues work on autonomous vehicle challenges

Wednesday, November 22, 2017 10:28 amWednesday, November 22, 201714 Comments

What happens when an autonomous car needs to make a decision between crashing into another car, or that child crossing the street?

U.S. Senate panel approves self-driving car legislation

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 5:44 pm19 Comments

A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday unanimously gave the green light to a bill aimed at speeding the use of self-driving cars…

17 autonomous vehicle engineers leave Apple for self-driving car startup Zoox

Wednesday, August 30, 2017 4:50 pmWednesday, August 30, 201717 Comments

A group of automotive engineers has left Apple Inc. for self-driving car startup Zoox Inc…

New Apple SUVs with humungous autonomous driving LIDAR system spotted

Saturday, August 26, 2017 10:27 am50 Comments

Apple has had several Lexus SUVs equipped with sensors and cameras out on the road to test its self-driving software platform…

Apple scales back its ambitions for a self-driving car

Wednesday, August 23, 2017 9:02 amWednesday, August 23, 201785 Comments

As new employees were brought into Apple’s secret effort to create a self-driving car a few years ago…

Apple said to be working on electric car batteries

Thursday, July 20, 2017 3:44 pmThursday, July 20, 201712 Comments

Apple is reportedly working to produce electric car batteries with…

Apple might have to make its own vehicles to succeed in autonomous driving

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 4:50 pm14 Comments

Apple has revealed that it’s working on self-driving car technology…

Apple’s ‘Project Titan’ remains as fuzzy as ever

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 12:55 pm5 Comments

We have known for a long time that Apple is working on an autonomous car project…

Tim Cook says Apple is focusing on an autonomous car system; does not rule out making own vehicles

Tuesday, June 13, 2017 9:58 amTuesday, June 13, 201726 Comments

After years toiling away in secret on its car project, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook…

Apple isn’t working on a car, they’re working on something much bigger

Friday, May 12, 2017 10:00 amFriday, May 12, 201720 Comments

The automotive market is valued at anywhere from $5 trillion to $15 trillion…

CarKit: Apple’s ‘Project Titan’ really a ‘HomeKit for cars’ rather than an actual vehicle?

Thursday, May 11, 2017 5:01 pmThursday, May 11, 20174 Comments

Apple’s interest in cars dates back to at least 2008…

Apple wants California DMV to shroud public reports about Apple’s autonomous vehicle tests

Friday, April 28, 2017 3:39 pm5 Comments

Apple has asked the California DMV to alter the rules that require it…

Check out the Lexus that Apple’s using to test their self-driving car tech

Friday, April 28, 2017 2:32 pmFriday, April 28, 20171 Comment

Almost two weeks after Apple Inc. secured permission to test its autonomous-car technology…

Apple is hiring NASA engineers

Wednesday, April 26, 2017 11:25 amWednesday, April 26, 20174 Comments

Apple is hiring former NASA and Tesla employees as part of a self-driving car initiative…

Apple hires NASA Augmented Reality guru

Tuesday, April 25, 2017 11:31 amTuesday, April 25, 2017No Comments

Apple has hired Jeff Norris, a specialist in the new technology from NASA…

How Apple is training testers for self-driving Apple Car

Monday, April 24, 2017 3:55 pmMonday, April 24, 20173 Comments

Apple has outlined a plan to train operators of self-driving cars in documents submitted to…

Apple permit reveals self-driving car testers include NASA roboticists

Monday, April 24, 2017 11:27 amMonday, April 24, 20178 Comments

Apple Inc.’s plan for autonomous vehicles calls for putting more-senior engineers in all of its cars…

Apple’s self-driving car test program revealed in new document

Friday, April 21, 2017 4:55 pm5 Comments

Last week Apple was granted permission to publicly test self-driving car technology…

Analyst: Apple ‘almost certainly’ exploring making a whole car but there’s a big challenge

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 10:58 amTuesday, April 18, 201717 Comments

Apple is ‘almost certainly’ exploring how to build an entire car but would likely need…

Right now, the ‘Apple Car’ is a 2015 Lexus RX 450h SUV

Monday, April 17, 2017 5:28 pmMonday, April 17, 201720 Comments

Apple is joining the fiercely competitive race to design self-driving cars…

Gene Munster on Apple Car: Exploration does not mean a product comes to market

Monday, April 17, 2017 4:25 pmMonday, April 17, 201711 Comments

Friday’s news of Apple’s permit to test self-driving cars in California should not have come as much…

Apple’s Project Titan: California makes it official

Monday, April 17, 2017 3:57 pmMonday, April 17, 20173 Comments

The California Department of Motor Vehicles has officially added Apple to its list of participants…

Why you should get your self-driving car from Apple

Monday, April 17, 2017 12:01 pmMonday, April 17, 201714 Comments

Right before Easter weekend Apple received a permit in California to turn three Lexus RX 450h hybrid SUVs…

Apple secures permit to test autonomous vehicles

Saturday, April 15, 2017 6:49 pm27 Comments

Apple Inc. on Friday secured a permit for autonomous-vehicle testing in California…

Apple’s letter to the U.S. NHTSA reveals 30-year Detroit veteran on its stealth ‘Project Titan’ team

Thursday, December 8, 2016 2:01 pmThursday, December 8, 20163 Comments

As carmakers and tech companies race to perfect self-driving vehicles, Apple’s program…

Apple letter all but confirms plans for self-driving cars and commitment to privacy

Monday, December 5, 2016 9:55 amMonday, December 5, 20167 Comments

We’ve known (or at least believed) for some time that Apple has been working on some form of automated vehicle…

Apple drops hints about autonomous-vehicle project in letter to U.S. transportation regulators

Saturday, December 3, 2016 10:51 am7 Comments

Apple Inc. took its biggest step toward acknowledging it is working on autonomous vehicles…

Ex-Navy SEAL is first person to die while using self-driving vehicle

Friday, July 1, 2016 4:01 pmTuesday, November 13, 201825 Comments

A former Navy SEAL has become the first person to die at the wheel of a self-driving car…

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