Residents of Germany noticed on the streets of a town with a mysterious van mounted on the roof of cameras, sensors, and disk-shaped antennas. Some have suggested that Apple issued a secret project to test his car outside the US. But there is one "but".
Large vans with roof mounted cameras have been seen at the beginning of the year in San Francisco, California, New York and other US regions. The Department of Road Transport confirmed that the Dodge Caravan blue rented Apple. In addition to the cameras on the roof of the car in front and back are two rotating cylindrical device that can be sensors LiDAR.
Car in Germany, unlike their American counterparts, no relation to Apple has not. The aforementioned Dodge also has a system of cameras on the roof, but it is significantly different from that used by the company from Cupertino. The sensors look like a cheap copy, while Apple's professional sensors. Most likely, this is a private initiative of a German owners Dodge, learn about the new project.
At this point it is not clear to talk about the purpose of the mysterious car Apple. Analysts suggest that the company is testing a system of unmanned control. However kupertinovtsy not been granted permission to test these cars. So it would be logical to assume that Apple is planning to launch a service similar to "Street View» Google.
Most likely, this initiative is not related to the project to develop the car Titan: in it, according to informed sources, involved "a few hundred" experts Apple. The company itself is, of course, the situation has not commented. But informed sources say that the size of Team Titan and professional level of specialists involved in the project leave no doubt that Apple refers to the initiative very seriously.