Report: Apple’s Electric Car Will Be Self-Driving

blog.caranddriver.com After yesterday’s unexpected report that Apple is assembling a team to build an electric car, we’ve got moresurprising details: According to unnamed sources within the company, Apple wants that car to be self-driving. Reuters reports today that the California tech giant is gathering information and experts on car building and the nuances of self-driving technology. The report repeats yesterday’s news from The Wall Street Journal, alleging that Apple has plans to build an all-electric vehicle to take on Tesla, and it adds the interesting aspect of self-driving technology to the mix. “It’s a software game. It’s all about autonomous driving,” the anonymous insider told Reuters. And that makes sense: As Reuters points out, there’s plenty of money to be made on cutting-edge vehicle software. A self-driving operating system requires high-definition mapping, and the electric car that Apple is allegedly building will require bespoke software. The company’s biggest competitor, Google, has been exploring autonomous vehicles for more than a year.