1 | Apple's first self-driving car is reportedly underway with engineers gearing up for potential test drives in the San Francisco Bay area, newly uncovered documents show. |
2 | Talks between an Apple engineer and a former naval base-turned-testing ground were recently revealed by a public records act request by The Guardian, providing the first concrete evidence that their long-rumored project is underway. |
3 | In one message exchanged in May between Jack Hall, a program manager for autonomous vehicles at GoMentum station, and Apple Engineer Frank Fearon, Hall said he hoped "to keep everything moving and to meet your testing schedule." |
4 | The 2,100-acre, WWII-era facility features 20 miles of paved highways and city streets which are hidden from the public eye. |
5 | It's already been used by Mercedes-Benz and Honda to test out their own self-driving cars. |