{"id":341607,"date":"2017-05-23T00:51:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T16:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/05\/22\/apple-self-driving-car-spotted-in-video\/"},"modified":"2017-05-23T00:51:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T16:51:38","slug":"apples-self-driving-car-spotted-on-freeway-in-new-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/apples-self-driving-car-spotted-on-freeway-in-new-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s Self-Driving Car Spotted on Freeway in New Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[unable to retrieve full-text content]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the last few weeks, Apple has been testing its autonomous driving software in three Lexus RX450h SUVs, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/27\/apple-self-driving-lexus-suv-spotted\/\">have been photographed<\/a> around the San Francisco Bay Area. This morning, <em>MacRumors<\/em> reader Andrew was able to capture some video of one of the SUVs, giving us our closest look yet at the vehicles Apple is using to test its system.<\/p>\n<p>The SUV is equipped with multiple sensors and cameras, making it easy to see when it&#8217;s out on the road. It uses a top-end Velodyne 64-channel lidar, two or more radar, and several cameras to navigate. The video was captured on the 101 North, with Apple&#8217;s vehicle exiting towards University Avenue in Palo Alto.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DtQcNHw-w8M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\nApple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/14\/apple-dmv-permit-autonomous-car-testing\/\">received a DMV permit<\/a> to test autonomous vehicles on April 14 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/27\/apple-self-driving-lexus-suv-spotted\/\">wasted no time<\/a> getting the cars out on the road. With the SUVs, which are driven by six Apple employees with expertise in autonomous vehicles, Apple is testing a self-driving vehicle system it has in development.<\/p>\n<p>The company has been working on self-driving car technology for several years and was originally rumored to be planning to introduce its own Apple-branded vehicle. That didn&#8217;t pan out, however, and Apple pivoted to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/10\/17\/apple-late-2017-deadline-self-driving-system\/\">autonomous driving software platform<\/a> being developed under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/07\/25\/apple-car-bob-mansfield\/\">leadership of Bob Mansfield<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has reportedly given its car team until the end of 2017 to prove the feasibility of an Apple-designed autonomous driving system. Such a system could allow Apple to partner with vehicle manufacturers for something akin to a much more advanced version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/carplay\/\">CarPlay<\/a>, or it could be built into a future Apple vehicle should Apple decide to revisit manufacturing its own car down the road.<\/p>\n<p>While Apple is notoriously secret, its ongoing autonomous car testing will be done under the public eye. In California, companies that participate in the Autonomous Vehicle Testing Program must file <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/dmv\/detail\/vr\/autonomous\/disengagement_report_2016\">Disengagement Reports<\/a> that share many details on the testing process, including miles traveled and any incidents or accidents that occur.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has asked the DMV to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/28\/apple-california-dmv-policy-changes\/\">alter the rules<\/a> that govern exactly what data needs to be included in public Disengagement Reports, but it is not yet known if the DMV will comply.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkback\">Related Roundup: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/apple-car\/\">Apple Car<\/a> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/apple-self-driving-car-spotted-in-video.2046742\/\">Discuss this article<\/a> in our forums<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=2DwxTuGpHPQ:MgPWXX-NxYw:6W8y8wAjSf4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=6W8y8wAjSf4\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=2DwxTuGpHPQ:MgPWXX-NxYw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/MacRumors-All\/~4\/2DwxTuGpHPQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-341607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}