Apple’s electric and self-driving car project, called Titan, has been delayed by about a year from its target launch date until 2026. The car project has been in limbo for several years. over the past month as company executives grapple with the reality that the vision of a fully autonomous vehicle, without a steering wheel or pedals, is impossible with current technology.
In fact, the company is currently planning to use a less ambitious design for its vehicles that includes a steering wheel and pedals and will only fully support fully autonomous driving on the highway. . The company’s original vision was to offer ‘Level 5’ autonomous driving capabilities to its vehicles, something no other car manufacturer had yet achieved. However, the current plan is considered below that because of its more limited scope.
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The vehicle project, which has been underway for four years now, is testing the limits of the company’s technology but is intended to provide the company with a major source of income. Apple plans to develop a vehicle that will allow drivers to perform other tasks like watching movies or playing games on the freeway and be warned there’s enough time to switch to manual control if they reach the road. city or inclement weather.
The company is planning to initially launch the feature in North America, and then improve and expand the feature over time.
At the heart of the Apple project is a powerful integrated computer system codenamed Denali, named after the tallest mountain peak in North America. The performance of this processor is equivalent to about 4 of Apple’s highest-end Mac chips combined and is being developed by the company’s silicon engineering team. Currently, the chip is in an advanced state and is considered almost production-ready. However, Apple could actually scale it down before the car launches to keep costs down.
First published date: December 7, 2022, 10:31am IST
