Apple receives permit to test self driving cars on public roads

Tech giant Apple well known for its popular products: personal computer, iPod, iPhone and iPad has received a permit in the biggest state in the US to move on with the testing of self driving cars.

Apple will be joining 29 other companies such as: Google, Uber, Tesla among others which have already been given permit to test self driving cars.

There have been media reports that Apple has been secretly working on self driving cars autonomous technology under the project name “Titan”, but Apple did not disclose its involvement in it. Even with the report that the California Department of Motor Vehicles on Friday the 14 of April 2017 granted Apple the permit to test self driving cars, Apple is yet to confirm their involvement in it.

The tech giant will be allowed to test autonomous driving technology on public roads in three 2015 Lexus RX 450h luxury hybrid sport utility vehicles (SUVs), with the authorization of six drivers to take control of the cars in case anything goes wrong. With Apple utilizing the Lexus in the testing of the self driving cars, it shows that Apple may not have the intention of building self driving cars, but rather will be more involved in the technology aspect.

There is a great competition in the emergence of self driving cars technology. With Apple joining at this period when the field is already crowded, there is no doubt that Apple will breakthrough and become number one, just as they did with the personal computer, iPod, iPhone, and iPad when they were not the first to begin the manufacturing process.

With the recent development of self driving cars, do you think that there will be a future for vehicle drivers?