Bloomberg has published information about the many times abandoned, retaken and re-abandoned project Titan, his ambitious autonomous car. Now the release date is published, 2025, and details such as that it will not have a steering wheel or pedals.
Does Project Titan sound familiar to you? It is an ambitious project supposedly started by Apple in 2014 and that would have been abandoned on several occasions, and taken up again on several other occasions, all this if we pay attention to the rumors that have been published about it, because Apple has never confirmed or denied anything that has been said about its idea of making an autonomous vehicle. The latest news spoke until not long ago that Apple left aside the manufacture of a vehicle as such, and that it would focus solely on its software. However, for a few months it seems that the idea of an autonomous vehicle of its own returns to the fore, and Bloomberg today reveals some details.
Details such as that Apple would have already achieved one of its first steps: the development of the processor that will control everything. With the use of artificial intelligence and neural networks, this processor would allow the Apple vehicle, along with dozens of sensors in all corners, not to need a steering wheel or pedals. It would be a total autonomous driving, without the need for driver intervention. However, this goal may be too ambitious for the immediate future and Apple could end up adding a steering wheel and pedals for emergency situations in which the driver must intervene.
The launch date says the same source that is expected in four years, that is, the end of 2025, although it could be delayed depending on the tests that are carried out until then. Another of the fundamental points is the manufacture of the vehicle, for which Apple should find collaboration in one of the current manufacturers. The company would like to manufacture the vehicle in the United States, and of course it will be 100% electric, compatible with conventional chargers.
A fully autonomous car without a steering wheel or pedals by the end of 2025? It's hard to believe how autonomous vehicles are evolving, and the news about its reliability.