{"id":4742,"date":"2015-08-17T09:25:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T09:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=4742"},"modified":"2015-08-17T09:25:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T09:25:45","slug":"apple-is-working-on-a-self-driving-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/08\/17\/apple-is-working-on-a-self-driving-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple is working on a self-driving car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is working on a self driving car, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2015\/aug\/14\/apple-self-driving-car-project-titan-sooner-than-expected\">according to a report by the Guardian.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Documents obtained by the paper detail a meeting between Apple engineers and officials from GoMentum Station, a high security testing base for driverless vehicles. A quote from an Apple engineer suggests that potential testing dates were the main topic of discussion.<\/p>\n<p>GoMentum Station has previously been used for testing by Honda and Mercedes-Benz. The ex-naval base is guarded by the military, allowing manufacturers to test their driverless technology away from the prying eyes of the public.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is the latest big name to jump on the driverless bandwagon, with Google, Tesla, Honda, Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz all working on their own technology. Google is perhaps the most high-profile competitor, having conducted public tests since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Google, Tesla and Volkswagen have all been granted permission to test their cars on public roads in California, although gaining a permit means disclosing technical information on the vehicles. Given the secrecy in which Apple develop their products, a secure location like GoMentum Station is more likely to be their preference.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian&#8217;s report isn&#8217;t the first time rumours of an Apple car have emerged. In February this year, the Financial Times revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2015\/02\/13\/apple-automotive-research-lab\/\">Apple had hired numerous \u201d\u02dcautomotive experts\u2019<\/a>, including the former President of Research and Development at Mercedes-Benz.<\/p>\n<p>To add further fuel to the rumour, it was claimed that Apple CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2015\/7\/31\/9081425\/apple-bmw-i3-meeting-rumor\">Tim Cook visited BMW\u2019s headquarters last month, and was particularly interested in BMW\u2019s i3 electric car<\/a>. However, the talks apparently ended with no partnership and Apple will be developing a car on its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is working on a self driving car, according to a report by the Guardian. Documents obtained by the paper detail a meeting between Apple engineers and officials from GoMentum Station, a high security testing base for driverless vehicles. A quote from an Apple engineer suggests that potential testing dates &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4742"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4745,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742\/revisions\/4745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}