That Apple has been working in the autonomous car industry for a while is no surprise. In addition, we already know that the company led by Tim Cook is not thinking of making cars from scratch, but rather they want to take care of the part of . That is, dedicate yourself to the smartest part of the car. This project is known under the name of «Project Titan».
Although it is not the first time that images of Apple's famous autonomous cars have come to light, it is new to see them on video and commented - and recorded - by Mac Callister Higgins (Co-founder of the autonomous taxi company Voyage). In this clip you can see what is the arsenal that Apple installs on the roofs of the selected vehicles. In this case This is Lexus Rh450 models.
Going to need more than 140 characters to go over 🍎's Project Titan. I call it «The Thing» pic.twitter.com/sLDJd7iYSa
- MacCallister Higgins (@macjshiggins) 17th October 2017
In the video that MacCallister has posted on his Twitter profile, we can see that the bars that the Lexus installed on the roof carry are full of sensors. Likewise, the co-founder of the taxi company also comments that, unlike other companies, Apple could be storing all the data collected in the tests of its «Project Titan» in the same structure of the cars.
On the other hand, from TechCrunch It seems they want to give the matter and the images that have been leaked one more spin. And it is that with the current configuration - and elements selected for the tests -, it is very possible that Apple can adapt it to different car models; that is to say, to be able to test different types of vehicles: cars, SUVs, vans ... Trucks? Likewise, they also indicate from the popular technology portal, that Apple could be thinking of manufacturing accessories on the same roadmap. In addition, seeing how easy it would be to mount / dismount the sensors, it is very possible that Cupertino will find yet another niche from which to collect more hits.
