Apple car it has been in development for over 4 years, and the Americans are interested in offering revolutionary technologies for it, which would also end up in other automobiles, if its plans will be realized. Apple is looking for suppliers of products for LIDAR sensors to offer smaller sensors that are easier to mass produce and that can be assembled into units that can be easily placed on cars.
The Apple car could be launched long after the autonomous guidance system based on LIDAR sensors, Apple's making it clear that they are now preparing it for cars from various other autonomous car manufacturers. Of course, Apple would like to use technology in its products as well, so it wants to create a revolutionary product that is better than what exists on the market, but also cheaper than the solutions currently used on cars.
The Apple car comes with NEW REVOLUTIONARY Technologies
The Apple car could also benefit from a series of LIDAR sensors created by those from Cupertino, they are currently working on their own technology, although it is not known at what stage of the development process it is. The revolutionary technology thought by the Apple company is based on manufacturing processes similar to those used for semiconductors, and this would substantially reduce production costs, and the price of the sensors themselves.
Apple Inc has held talks with at least four companies as possible suppliers for next-generation lidar sensors in self-driving cars, evaluating the companies' technology while also still working on its own lidar unit. Apple is seeking lidar units that would be smaller, cheaper and more easily mass produced than current technology. The iPhone maker is setting a high bar with demands for a "revolutionary design."
The Apple car was until recently at the center of a project where more than 1200 engineers worked, but Apple fired more than 200 of them to make room for other jobs and to change its development direction. No one knows how long it will take until Apple's autonomous guidance system, based on LIDAR sensors, will be launched, but probably the wait won't be that long.
