??? ?本周，蘋果獲準在加州街頭測試自動汽車，目前蘋果已被授權測試雷克薩斯制造的三輛汽車，成為第三十家被授予測試許可證的公司。

???? 長期以來，蘋果在開展自動汽車項目的消息街知巷聞，但該公司從未公開確認任何細節。蘋果曾表示，對許多領域的自動化系統（包括運輸）潛力感到“興奮”。有關蘋果汽車雄心勃勃的傳聞很多，從正在建造自己的汽車、重點研發車載軟件等。蘋果內部的“Titan”項目，一度被理解為擁有1000多名員工，盡管目前蘋果公司的投入規模尚不得知。

???? 已在批準的規定中，蘋果需要定期反饋關于技術性能的統計數據，包括電腦出錯時人們的干預頻率。

??? 目前。蘋果的競爭對手已經在測試自主車輛，去年Waymo（從Google自動駕駛計劃中單飛的公司），在加州的自動駕駛時間已達到635,868英里。

??? 統計顯示，每自動駕駛五千公里，人類就要介入操作一次。

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Apple has been granted a permit to test self-driving cars on the streets of California.

It has long been known that Apple is working on automotive-related projects, but the company has never publicly confirmed any details.

The news was made public by California’s Department of Motor Vehicles on Friday.

The agency said Apple has been given permission to test three cars manufactured by Lexus.

Apple has not commented - other than to point to its letter late last year expressing an interest in the technology.

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The company was "excited about the potential of automated systems in many areas, including transportation”, it said at the time.

Rumours about Apple’s car ambitions have ranged from speculation it was building its own car to the suggestion it was instead focusing more on in-car software.

Internally known as Project Titan, the project at one point was understood to have more than 1,000 employees working on it, though the current scale of Apple’s efforts is unknown.

Encountering self-driving cars in California is a daily occurrence for those living around Silicon Valley. Apple has become the 30th company to be granted a testing permit.

Among the stipulations for approval is the requirement to regularly report back statistics on the performance of the technology - including how often humans have to intervene when the computer gets it wrong.

Apple's competitors have already been testing autonomous vehicles. Last year Waymo - a company spun out of Google's self-driving programme - clocked up 635,868 miles in California. Statistics showed a human had to step in on average once every 5,000 miles of driving.

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