[mygo]

does your Toyota automatically unlock when you simply walk up and look at it? can it remote-start just by you hollering at it? Does it open the trunk just by you saying “open the trunk”? Or wait, you actually still even have a car key? What are you still using a flip phone too?

hah. jokes aside, they develop a lot of low-level electronics and operating systems. and they have an AI with arguably the largest voice training. And they have Maps, with lots of real-world travel data. They know which roads are the best and the worst to use for a route. They know when traffic is congested. they know where you’ll need to be and where you’ll be leaving from. They know when your kids get off from school and how they look like. Speaking of sensors, their devices have the most advanced sensors. There are so many different kinds of sensors crammed into the iPhoneX. The best self-driving car sensors use IR, and apple’s already using IR on face-ID. I don’t see why they wouldn’t they be able to develop reliable sensor technologies for cars, given enough time. They don’t have to be the first movers. They’re probably just starting now and maturing the self driving tech and will be ready to respond to how the market develops.

Apple partnered with AT&T to get the iPhone out. They could partner with an auto manufacturer for a self driving car.

[05]

“The best self-driving car sensors use IR, and apple’s already using IR on face-ID.” Comparing structured light Kinect with time of flight lidar is apples to oranges.

[mygo]

I see what you did there ;). Anyways they can develop this technology given enough time. They do not have to be the first movers. A little R&D won’t starve their coffers.