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Apple's car project said to be self-driving, electric, and unconventionally manufactured

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/apples-car-project-said-be-self-driving-electric-and-unconventionally-manufactured' title="Apple's car project said to be self-driving, electric, and unconventionally manufactured"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/02/alpine-carplay-press.jpg?itok=pVCAekBp' />[/url]</p> <p>After exploding onto the scene we're learning more and more about Apple's supposed automotive project (http://www.imore.com/apple-car), which is now said to include self-driving technologies. The vehicle, which has been described as (at this stage) being "minivan-like" is definitely in the gestational stages, with Apple toying around not just with autonomous driving but also electric drivetrains and new manufacturing processes.</p> <!--break--> <p>Per Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/14/us-apple-autos-idUSKBN0LI0IJ20150214):</p>

<p>Apple is gathering advice on parts and production methods, the source said, adding that Apple appeared not to be interested in combustion engine technology or conventional manufacturing methods. …</p> <p>In addition to building a car, there is money to be made from the software operating system for a self-driving vehicle, as well as the services associated with autonomous driving, such as high-definition mapping, car-sharing and electric car recharging services, the auto industry source said.</p> <p>"It's a software game. It's all about autonomous driving," the source said.</p>

<p>Apple's car project (http://www.imore.com/apple-car-titan-carplay-and-what-comes-next) is said to include hundreds of employees. What exactly they're aiming to produce is up in the air, although Apple is apparently exploring all avenues — they are a company that will try just about anything internally. Unlike Google, which will try just about anything, including self-driving electric cars (http://www.androidcentral.com/google-shows-first-complete-prototype-its-self-driving-car-project) in the public. Whatever comes of this we probably won't know for some time (it might just be Apple building a test-bed for a next generation of CarPlay (http://www.imore.com/carplay))… just look at how long we've been waiting for a 'proper' Apple TV (http://www.imore.com/apple-tv).</p> <p>Source: Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/14/us-apple-autos-idUSKBN0LI0IJ20150214)</p> </div></div></div><div id="comment-wrapper-nid-29945"></div><img width='1' height='1' src='http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/43657311/sc/21/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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