After iPods, iPhones, iPads, AirPods and many other innovations, Apple is reportedly developing a much larger project. Something that needs four wheels: an autonomous car!
Apple has become accustomed to amaze the public during the brand’s famous keynotes, each time presenting new innovative products. We particularly remember the appearance of the iPhone, which quite simply changed the face of mobile telephony.
But the brand with the apple is following in the ideas, and now sees further than the phones, tablets and computers. We have already noticed in recent years, with the appearance in the hollow of many ears of AirPods, wireless headphones, or even with the Apple Watch and their increasingly incredible functions (the Apple Watch Series 6 allows even to measure the rate of oxygenation of the blood). Very recently, Apple released its first AirPods Max headset, the famous Apple Glass, VR glasses, are still eagerly awaited, and the first folding iPhone could be released as early as 2022. In short, the engineers at the Cupertino company have what they are looking for. to occupy. But here is another project, even crazier, would also be in the pipes of Apple: an autonomous car!
The first rumors around this project appeared in 2014, but were particularly reinforced last year, when the apple brand poached engineers from Tesla. For now, no information has yet been leaked regarding the possible look of this car of the future, but several sources, in particular Reuters, confirm that Apple would apply its technological know-how to this insane project. For this autonomous car, LiDAR scanners, like the one present on the iPhone 12 Pro, would be on board, for remote sensing by laser, in order to accurately and quickly estimate the distances with other vehicles or surrounding obstacles. But what particularly seems to make Apple proud is the battery provided for this “Apple Car”. Yes because” ?
A technological revolution worthy of that of the iPhone?
From what was said to Reuters, the technology embedded in Apple’s future car would be absolutely incredible, and could provide the same shock as when the iPhone appeared. A hell of a promise, which therefore seems to rely mainly on the battery developed by the Apple brand. This would be incredibly compact, since it consists of a single cell. Which saves space, and if this is used to place multiple batteries, then Apple’s vehicle could have phenomenal range for a self-driving car. However, we will have to wait a long time to discover this machine of the future, the various sources mentioning the horizon 2024, if not 2025.
What is certain is that from Apple people will expect a glitchless car …
While waiting to discover the first car signed Apple, find all the products of the American brand, including the latest iPhone 12, on the SFR online store.
Sources : Tom’s Guide, Phonandroid, Frandroid
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