Apple discloses minor crash involving self-driving test vehicle

Mark Gurman, Bloomberg:

Apple Inc. disclosed in a filing with the California Department of Motor Vehicles that one of its autonomous test vehicles was involved in a crash.

This is the first time a collision involving an Apple autonomous vehicle has been reported by the California DMV. The car, a Lexus SUV in self-driving mode, was rear-ended by another vehicle when it was preparing to merge onto a highway.

The Apple self-driving car was rear-ended, so this is not a flaw or weakness in Apple’s Project Titan. To me, it is a reminder that Apple operates, as much as possible, in stealth mode.

Will Apple build their own Apple Car, or focus on building software and hardware technologies that can be incorporated by more traditional automakers? If this sort of thing interests you, take a few minutes to make your way through this excellent rollup of what we know about Project Titan.