What would an Apple-made self-driving car look like?
Apple hasnt officially confirmed any of the information disclosed in the Reuters reports that broke the news last week.
And we are still missing many details on the companys self-driving plans.
Nonetheless, the news is significant, both for Apple and the self-driving car industry.
But the closer we get to it, the harder it becomes.
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But until recent years, they were only limited to academic and military research labs and science contests.
Were finally seeing cars that can drive themselves in real streets.
But thetechnology is far from perfect.
Deep learning models are only as good as their training data.
The initial goal was reportedly for Apple to create a car from scratch.
In 2016, the company shifted focus and aimed at developing software for self-driving cars.
But the self-driving car industry is still marked with missed deadlines by all major players.
Despite tremendous progress, there is still no real self-driving car solution.
Uber and Waymos self-driving cars have logged millions of miles, but they are still attended by safety drivers.
The deep learning algorithmsused in self-driving carsrequire huge volumes of training data obtained from driving cars on roads.
Waymo and Uber have been collecting their data by test-driving their cars in different cities.
This, too, would go against Apples nature of delivering near-perfect products right off the bat.
According to Reuters report, Apple aims to build a vehicle for consumers.
But selling directly to consumers raises the question, how much will the car cost?
But the industry is changing rapidly.
For its self-driving car, Apple will be using its own lidars and partner with other manufacturers.
Giving up full control?
An alternative would be for Apple to acquire an automotive company.
The future of Apples self-driving car?
But this history of perfection has also set high expectations for Apple.
Where consumers allow other companies to fail and recover, they expect Apple to be flawless.
And at the moment, self-driving car technology is anything but flawless.
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