Apple Agrees with Feds on Automated-Vehicle Policy?with a Few Key Changes
Although Apple?s plans for the world of self-driving cars remain opaque, the tech behemoth has taken a keen interest in the federal government?s new policy on autonomous vehicles.
In five pages of comments submitted to regulators, a top Apple executive outlined the company?s position on the new Federal Automated Vehicles Policy and offered suggestions on how it could be clarified to accelerate the process of putting test vehicles on U.S. roads.
The letter gave no hint on whether or when Apple is planning to introduce its own autonomous vehicles or provide self-driving technology to another company that produces cars. But Steve Kenner, director of product integrity at Apple, nonetheless conveyed enthusiasm for a foray into autonomous vehicles.
?The company is investing heavily in the study of machine learning and automation, and is excited about the potential of automated systems in many areas, including transportation,? he wrote in comments submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Nov. 22.
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?By sharing data, the industry will build a more comprehensive dataset than any one company could
create alone.? ? Steve Kenner, Apple
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His comments generally supported the major planks of the Federal Automated Vehicles Policy, which federal leaders unveiled in late September, including plans for a 15-point safety assessment of autonomous cars and the development of a network in which competing companies could share anonymized data on autonomous ...
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