{"id":1901,"date":"2020-12-22T02:07:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T02:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1332689"},"modified":"2020-12-22T02:07:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T02:07:39","slug":"report-the-apple-car-is-still-alive-and-it-may-arrive-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=1901","title":{"rendered":"Report: The \u2018Apple Car\u2019 is still alive, and it may arrive in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/plugged?filter_last=1&amp;fit=1280%2C640&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2016%2F04%2FAppleLogoGoodBadTNW.jpg&amp;signature=602133da1ee0857ccbd8179fe1376a3d\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Remember when rumblings about an \u2018Apple Car\u2018 were so common,&nbsp;it seemed all but certain a futuristic&nbsp;vehicle from Cupertino was imminent? Tim Cook went so far as to <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/apple\/2017\/06\/13\/apple-confirms-working-self-driving-cars\/%7B%7B%20linkUrl%20%7D%7D\/?jwsource=cl\">confirm<\/a>&nbsp;the company was working on self-driving tech in 2017. But then reports mostly went silent, culminating with Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/apple-project-titan-layoffs-engineers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">laying off 190 employees<\/a> working on the vehicle in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>It now appears the vehicle, codenamed Project Titan, is back on.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-apple-autos-exclusive\/exclusive-apple-targets-car-production-by-2024-and-eyes-next-level-battery-technology-sources-idUSKBN28V2PY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>, Apple is aiming to begin producing its car in 2024. Key to the vehicle would be new tech that could make batteries \u201cradically\u201d cheaper and increase the vehicle\u2019s range. These&nbsp;batteries would incorporate a \u2018monocell\u2019 design that would allow the vehicleto store more energy in a given space \u201cby eliminating pouches and modules that hold battery materials,\u201d according to one of Reuters\u2019 sources.<\/p>\n<p>Batteries aside, Apple is expected to use LiDAR technology for a 3D view of the road around the vehicle. At this point, it\u2019s unclear if Apple will use its own technology or partner with third parties for the version to be used in its vehicle. Though, as seen with the iPhone 12 Pro, the company is clearly actively working on the technology.<\/p>\n<p>That said, you might want to wait before you start saving up. According to one of Reuter\u2019s sources, it\u2019s still possible \u201c<span>Apple will decide to reduce the scope of its efforts to an autonomous driving system that would be integrated with a car made by a traditional automaker.\u201d Even if it sticks to making its own vehicle, the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic could delay production to \u201c2025 or beyond.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Still, it seems like we may see the Apple car one day after all. It would be a major pivot for a company that has focused on personal computing throughout its history, but being one of the world\u2019s richest companies probably helps.<\/p>\n<p><i>Did you know we have a newsletter all about consumer tech? It\u2019s called Plugged In \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/thenextweb\/newsletter\">and you can subscribe to it right here<\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-post-pubDate\"> Published December 22, 2020 \u2014 02:07 UTC <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/plugged\/2020\/12\/22\/report-the-apple-car-is-still-alive-and-it-may-arrive-in-2024\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when rumblings about an \u2018Apple Car\u2018 were so common,&nbsp;it seemed all but certain a futuristic&nbsp;vehicle from Cupertino was imminent? Tim Cook went so far as to confirm&nbsp;the company was working on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}