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| A new report reveals the Apple Car release date and price |
A new report issued by Bloomberg News revealed today when Apple plans to unveil its next car, along with other details about its specifications.
After two years of rumors that the American tech giant plans to launch a car called the Apple Car between 2024 and 2028, Bloomberg reported today that the date will be 2026 with a special silicon chip from Apple, but it will not be entirely subjective. contained and will not cost more than $100,000.
There have been a lot of twists and turns in Apple Cars news and rumors over the past seven years. In 2017, after years of gestation, Apple seemed to have given up on making physical cars and was ready to focus on its self-driving car project. But in late 2020, the company returned to making actual cars that could run their own software.
Some reports indicate that the car will be launched in 2024, while others suggest that the Apple Car will be launched in 2028 or later. There were rumors that Hyundai and Kia were working on a deal to produce the car, but it was later cancelled.
Bloomberg said in early 2021 that the Apple Car could be launched between 2026 and 2028, and some reports confirmed that Apple aims to create a car that focuses on self-driving.
The latest development from Apple's self-driving project, Project Titan, is a scaled-back effort, Bloomberg reports today, as the company abandons a fully self-driving car without a steering wheel or pedals in favor of marketing vehicles with different characteristics. .
"In a major project change, the company is now planning a less ambitious design that includes a steering wheel and pedals and will only support fully autonomous driving on highways," Bloomberg said, citing unnamed sources. Persons.
Instead of fully autonomous driving on all roads, Apple is focusing on entertainment features, like letting the car drive autonomously on the highway so the driver can watch a movie or play a game, but remind them there's enough time to switch gears when they get to town on the road or in In bad weather, he orients himself manually. The company considered rolling out the feature in North America first, and then improving and expanding it over time.
The sources said that the launch of the car was postponed from 2025 to 2026 to reduce the price of the car to less than $100,000, after it was previously believed that it would be sold for more than $120,000.
Apple has not yet been commissioned to design its first car, a Bloomberg source added, and the team is still in the "prototyping" stage. The company aims to complete the design by next year and has specific features by the end of 2024. The source said full testing of the car is then scheduled for 2025.