Apple won’t be building its own self-driving car. Now, according to five unnamed sources, the company, which sought partnerships with the luxury carmakers BMW and Mercedes-Benz to develop an all-electric self-driving car, has signed a deal with Volkswagen to turn some of the carmaker’s new T6 Transporter vans into Apple’s self-driving shuttles for employees. This […]
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It’s not quite the equivalent of the bank robbery scene in “Heat”, but it’s getting there. On Wednesday, three “husky” men in hoodies driving a white Dodge van broke into a UPS truck Wednesday while it was parked outside a San Francisco Apple Store. The UPS truck was delivering 313 iPhone X units to the […]
Everyone’s starting to use drones for mapping these days and Apple is apparently no exception. The company plans to use drones and new indoor navigation features to improve its Maps service and catch longtime leader Google, according to sources close to the story. The Cupertino, California-based company is assembling a team of robotics and data-collection […]
This could be either an Apple mapping van or a self-driving car prototype. During a drive over San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday, a modified van was spotted. Among the collection of gadgets on the roof are the spinning Lidar laser sensors often used for self-driving cars. There are also cameras on the roof. […]
The good news is that Apple is now labeling the camera-laden SUVs that may or may not be taking a picture of your house. Weeks after confirming the existence of the vans, the minivans now sport a simple “Apple Maps” decal along the rear quarter panels, with the address of Apple’s Maps microsite below. Both […]