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Apple Planning to Launch its Self-driving Electric Car by 2025
19 Nov, 2021 / 02:51 PM / Reeny Joseph

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Apple is reportedly planning to launch its electric car as early as 2025 and refocusing the project around full self-driving capabilities. As per the report by Bloomberg news the car would have no steering wheel and pedals, with interiors designed around hands-off driving.

The milestone comes as Apple is reportedly now accelerating its timeline for the autonomous car it’s developing, with a new target of launching it in just four years.

Apple’s own silicon team designed the chip, which Gurman says is the “most advanced component” that’s been developed for the project so far. The company is apparently getting ready to put the chip through its real-world paces in its fleet of test vehicles in California and hopes to make a vehicle with “stronger safeguards than what’s available from Tesla and Waymo,” according to the report.

The goal now for Project Titan, after multiple pivots, is to create an autonomous car that does not have a steering wheel. The interior would be spacious and look more like the limousine-style seating arrangement that EV startup Canoo has promoted in its electric van prototypes.

The newest report reveals more details about Apple’s audacious car plans. The company has apparently decided to pursue a vehicle that would not feature steering wheels or pedals in what sounds like the most futuristic automotive project we’ll have ever seen. Moreover, Apple reportedly plans to launch its first-generation autonomous car as early as 2025.

On the electric vehicle side of things, Apple is reportedly not looking to develop a proprietary charging cable for the car. Instead, it wants to make the vehicle compatible with the “combined charging system,” or CCS standard, which would make it possible to charge the vehicle at most public fast charging stations.

Apple reportedly explored interior designs where an iPad-like central console in the middle of the vehicle would let users control certain aspects of the car throughout the ride. The Apple car would also be integrated with Apple’s other devices and services. But even though Apple doesn’t want to install a steering wheel, the company plans to include an emergency takeover mode.