they are going and their work has the potential to transform lives with the team gaining experience deploying each waymo driver across a range of vehicle platforms and integrating users feedback they are now providing rides to hundreds of san franciscans before waymo one was launched in arizona they used a comprehensive set of evaluation processes to validate the performance of the vehicle apple is targeting 2024 to release its fully automated selfdriving electric vehicles keeping up with the 2030 target plan for going green when apple enters a market its topography will never remain the same it has happened before in the tech space with personal computers and smartphones and it is going to happen with cars tooa couple of years ago in a candid moment tim cook apples ceo spoke publicly about apples work on autonomous driving software confirming the companys work were focusing on autonomous systems its a core technology that we view as very important we sort of see it as the mother of all ai projects its probably one of the most difficult ai projects to actually work on apple ceo tim cook on apples plans in the car space rumors speculate that apple car will feature a completely new battery design that would revolutionize technology while also reducing costs and increasing its range it is also reportedly deploying lidar sensors that can log 300000 points per second at a range of upto 100 meters mounting 14 of them to the car with four facing forward two at the back and two at each cornerthere is no confirmed news yet about whether the development of software chip and integrating technology will be outsourced or built in house although the latter is highly probable given the revenue from iphones surpassing 46 billion however apples plans for its design and development have been kept confidential and apparently it is testing its sensing and ai technologies using lexus rx540h suvs in order to keep its design in wraps until it is officially unveiledspeculations rising from apples numerous patent applications indicate that its selfdriving system could alter its behavior depending on the stress levels of its passengers using a set of internal sensors and capturing relevant data points continuously if the cars occupants were found stressed the system could reduce its speed or take turns around corners slowly its skidrecovery systems would keep the car under control during precarious situationshowever as alluring as the technology behind driverless cars is it is crucial to put in place all the necessary regulations before they are mass produced although there is currently no universally accepted approach for evaluating the safety of autonomous vehicles waymo uses multiple processes ranging from computer simulations structured testing on closed courses and driving on real roads while introducing the fifth generation waymo driver on the jaguar ipace vehicle platform in san francisco highly trained specialists sat behind the wheels so that they could disengage the autonomous mode of the vehicles and take over driving whenever they