Apple Inc’s chief executive Tim Cook (Reuters photo)
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc’s chief executive Tim Cook portrayed self-driving cars as an ideal match for the technology giant during an interview released on Monday by The New York Times.
Talk of an autonomous vehicle bearing the Apple brand has long been among rumours swirling around the iPhone maker, which has remained tight-lipped about its plans for the market.
“An autonomous car is a robot and so there are a lots of things you can do with autonomy; we will see what Apple does,” Cook said during a “Sway” podcast with Kara Swisher.
“We love to integrate hardware, software and services, and find the intersection points of those because we think that’s where the magic occurs.”
Cook hinted that an option could be for Apple to build an autonomous-driving…
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