Apple has always maintained under an interesting halo of mystery his plans in what cars refers, however, a communication sent by the company to the regulatory authorities of the sector in the United States has shown that the company walks towards this industry of cars.
In a letter directed to the Administration national of safety in the traffic of United States (NHTSA, by its acronym in English) discovered by VentureBeat, Apple calls to the Government to not restrict them tests with vehicles autonomous.
Apple forwards a letter confirming their intentions in the automobile industry
Steve Kenner, director of integrity of product of Apple, signs this letter sent by the company of Cupertino to the NHTSA in which is makes allusion and is says on the recently announced plan of the Department of transportation of them United States to ensure that the deployment of “vehicles highly automated” is produce in conditions of maximum security.
In this letter, Apple explains that uses the learning automatic in a wide variety of aspects, among which is includes the technology of transport.
Apple uses the learning automatic to make their products and services more intelligent, more intuitive and more personal. The company is investing heavily in the study of machine learning and automation, and is excited about the potential of automated systems in many areas, including transportation.
Apple continues addressing the aspect of autonomous vehicle safety, writing that both the existing manufacturers and emerging should be treated in the same way in order to maximize the benefits of security technology. As noted in from 9to5mac, the importance here is the fact that Apple, which is a new company in the automotive sector, should not be seen affected its plans or its line of testing time because it is not a car manufacturer, but should be treated in the same manner as a manufacturer like Ford.
Although the Charter is quite ambiguous, Apple referred a specific statement to the Financial Times much more direct in which a spokesperson for Apple explains that with this letter Apple wanted to make sure that the NHTSA is defining best practices for “machine learning and autonomous systems”.
“We have provided comments to NHTSA because Apple is investing heavily in learning machines and autonomous systems”, said the spokesman for Apple. “There are many applications potential for these technologies, including the future of the transport, by what want to work with the NHTSA for help to define the best practices for the industry”.
The trajectory of the efforts of Apple in the automobiles sector is, the less, complicated. Recently even emerged reports that indicate that the company would have stopped the development of a car own. He result of this spin in their aspirations not would be another that the of it reallocation of all them resources previously destined to the development of that “Apple Car” towards the creation of a platform of self drive, as is indicates in the letter sent to the NHTSA.
Since the signing of KGI Securities analysis are also commented about the ambitions of Apple in the automotive industry, recently, explaining that the company would get large advances in the industry of augmented reality that later would be used as part of an autonomous driving system.
Although it letter sent by Apple to the NHTSA and its following statement to the press not offer too many details, both made constitute a confirmation of that Apple is interested in the sector of them vehicles, something that is takes speculating from makes at least one pair of years.
The competition also has plans
With regard to the competition, the most of manufacturers direct their platforms of self drive toward a horizon of launch located in 2020-2021. Only Tesla has displayed a posture much more ambitious to the equip the month last all their new vehicles new with hardware self drive with the idea of having the software ready for end of the next year.
But all this depends on what regulators decide about commercial use of this technology, and This seems to be the first official Apple with such regulatory dialogue.
