Apple has 200 drivers testing its autonomous driving technology

Development apple car this is Apple’s most confidential project in recent years, and little to no information is passed on by internal sources or sources of information. But thanks to documents from the California Department of Motor Vehicles in the United States obtained by MacReportsThe Cupertino giant has been found to be increasing the number of drivers testing its autonomous driving technology.

Apple is testing autonomous driving

The company has increased the number of drivers testing its self-driving technology, according to government documents. Since the last report conducted by the site in January, the manufacturer increased from 196 to 201 number of pilots.

Despite this increase, apple does not increase its fleet of vehicles, with 67 vehicles with proprietary technology are being tested. The manufacturer also reported a collision between January and March. But, according to the company, the incident was just the contact of the right front wheel of the rim with the curb, which caused damage to the wheel. However, this happened in manual mode, which indicates that the responsibility lies with the human factor.

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But even with more drivers, the Cupertino giant is still not moving forward with its self-driving project. As indicated MacReports the manufacturer is still did not apply for a self-employed driver’s licensewith its technology, it can still only be used when someone is holding the steering wheel.

As indicated ArenaEVthe company’s self-driving project is a by-product of development apple car, the manufacturer’s first machine. The creation of the vehicle took many years and suffered from a number of problems.

Due to this to apple divided the project into three separate programs, one for developing a car, creating an autonomous driving system, and an operating system that is new carplaywhich will be used by several manufacturers.

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Source: MacReports, ArenaEV.

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