New jolts for the Apple Car, which is starting to roll

The New York Times newspaper
recently issued a report on theTitan project, either this
autonomous electric car project which is currently in development
on the side of the apple firm. Via sources close to the program, he
would seem that after a change of direction undertaken with notably the
dismissal of
Steve Zadeskyand the recruitment ofBob
Mansfield, Apple would have taken the path ofcreation of a
new embedded technologystill with this idea of ​​vehicle
totally autonomous, including completely functional prototypes
would already be in testing:

Despite the recent turmoil with this change of team, people and
objective, the project would therefore taketruly fit. Of the
fully autonomous Apple car tests are reportedly underway on the side of a
former Californian military base.

The report does not, however, indicate in what form precisely Apple
would be involved in the manufacturing of these cars. It would seem that the
apple firm haschanged course recently, assumption
underpinned by the latest events, including a team in place
reduced by several dozen employees and the recruitment of new
heads.

Bob Mandfields, former Apple employee, returned to take the reins of
Titan project, but a certain
Dan Dodge, founder of QNX, a company specializing in systems
embedded for cars, also joined Tim Cook's firm last month
last.

Apple could focus onthe incorporation of a system
embedded homemade, integrating different technologies, as described
in the magazine article
Autocarrecently, including onehigh artificial intelligence
levelwith driving abilityautonomouset
featuresconnected, among others.

The year 2016 seems to be a turning point for Apple for this Titan project, which
Despite everything, it seems to be taking shape. Remember that the objective would be
release of a first version of Apple Car car in2021et
a completely autonomous version in2026.

Also read, theinformation about Apple
Car:

• The team
  from Motor Trend magazine imagines the Apple Car and it's not pretty
  …
• 
  In Germany, Apple hides a laboratory for its future car
  electric
• 
  Apple Car: $75,000 and a presentation in 2020
• Apple
  shopping for automotive-related domain names
• 
  The secret premises of the Apple electric car project located?
• Medusa, Zeus,
  Athena? The Apple Car is hidden in one of the many buildings invested by
  Apple !
• Titan: the
  Apple's driverless electric car project
• 
  Tesla, the Apple of the road?
• Apple
  Because: a titanic project, team and objectives revealed
• THE
  rumor of the day evokes Apple's ambition in the automobile... and
  Tesla

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