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Apple’s autonomous vehicle departs once every 233 km
Although improved over the previous year … # 1 Waymo’s churn rate is 48,280 km
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It turns out that Apple’s autonomous driving technology is still at a lower level than its competitors. In industry, Apple is expected to find it difficult to market autonomous vehicles in the next five years with proprietary technology.
On the 9th (local time), Bloomberg News reported that Apple conducted an autonomous driving test of approximately 3,263 km (18,805 miles) in California last year, citing a report released by the US Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). USA
This mileage is a significant increase over the 2019 test, which was just 12,140 km (7,544 miles). The number of test vehicles also increased from 66 to 69. The number of exits was also slightly reduced. In 2019, it increased to about 233 km (145 miles) last year, if it started once every 189 km (118 miles).
Apple’s autonomous car had no accidents during last year’s test. 2019 was the last accident in Apple’s autonomous driving test vehicle. Since 2017, Apple has been testing autonomous driving technology through the ‘Lexus RX450h’, a sports utility vehicle (SUV) equipped with an array of sensors and cameras.
However, there is an analysis that there is still a long way to go compared to the competition.
According to Bloomberg News, General Motors’ autonomous car startup ‘Cruise’ reported a total of 27 departures in the same document over approximately 12.29194 km (777,000 miles). It is about once every 45,898 km (28,520 miles). In particular, the exit rate of ‘Waymo’, a subsidiary of Google Alphabet, reached about 48,280 km (30,000 miles), ranking first.
Bloomberg News analyzed that “considering Apple’s lack of autonomous driving technology, such as high drop-out rates, it will be difficult for Apple cars to launch in the next five years, intended for general consumers.” Earlier, on the 8th of last month, the media cited an anonymous source and said it would take at least five years to launch an autonomous electric vehicle according to the roadmap set by Apple.
Meanwhile, since 2014, Apple has been developing autonomous driving systems by promoting ‘Project Titan’, an autonomous vehicle development project. Then it recently changed its goal to launch an autonomous electric vehicle and is conducting related research.
To this end, Apple actively works to protect technology related to autonomous driving. Apple, which invested $ 1 billion (about 1.1 trillion won) in Didichushing in 2016, is reported to have recently negotiated with Hyundai Motor Group, Volkswagen, and Japanese companies.
In this regard, Apple Insider, a media outlet specializing in Apple, cited a report by investment bank Weedbush, and said that Apple will officially announce a partner to manufacture Apple’s Ica in the first half of this year. The media said: “Although negotiations with Apple and Hyundai Motor have stopped, Hyundai Motor’s electric vehicle production platform ‘E-GMP’ is still suitable for Apple.”
However, as disclosed by Hyundai Motor Company, it was analyzed that Volkswagen could be a promising alternative when negotiations between the two companies cannot be resumed. Volkswagen’s modular electric vehicle platform can easily integrate new models of autonomous vehicles.
Seongsu Bae, Reporter Hankyung.com [email protected]
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