Apple Inc. has an undisclosed
lab functioning on the formation of an Apple eco friendly electric car. It says the Apple research lab was set
up previous year – sense of any car could still be years away. The job has
designed a vehicle that looks like a mini-van, the Journal quoted lone person
as saying. It would acquire years to complete the project, and it is not firm
if Apple will in due course build a car, the Journal said.
The report
signals that Apple brand is roughly raising its ambitions for automotive
technology, which has turn out to be a leading area of interest for Silicon
Valley companies ranging from Google Inc to riding firm Uber to electric car
manufacturer Tesla Motors Inc. Last year in March, Apple unveiled Car-Play, which
allows drivers to access contacts on their i-Phones, make calls or take note of
voice mails without taking their hands off the steering wheel.
TheFinancial Timesreported previously that Apple had formed
the secret laboratory and that Mr. Jungwirth, the head of Mercedes-Benz's
Silicon Valley research and development unit had coupled the new research squad.
The
research laboratory was place up in late last year, soon after Apple given away
its upcoming smart watch and most up-to-date iPhones, said theFinancial
Times. Apple project named the project as “Titan," employed a
number of people working only some miles away from Apple's headquarters in
Cupertino, California The Wall Street
Journalsaid.
Google is also
working on plans for a self driving car which will drive on its own without a
driver, but that is not part of Apple's plan,said
by Journal.