California DMV headquarters in Sacramento
Maletic reportedly met With a trio of DMV executives familiar With self-driving cars, including deputy director Bernard Soria** and chief of strategic planning Stephanie Dougherty, who are co-sponsors of California's Auto**mous Vehicle regulation project. Brian Soublet, the department?s deputy director and chief counsel, was also in the meeting, according to the report.
California?s DMV is developing Regulations for the eventual deployment and public operation of Auto**mous vehicles. These rules will establish requirements that manufacturers must meet to certify that their driverless vehicles have been successfully tested, meet safety criteria, and are ready for consumers to operate on public roads.
Apple would be required to obtain an Auto**mous Vehicle Testing Permit from the California DMV to test Auto**mous vehicles on public roads, which Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Google, Tesla Motors, Nissan, BMW, Honda and others have already done. Given the Cuperti**-based company's culture of secrecy, however, that is an unlikely scenario.
If Apple does seek a testing permit for its Project Titan self-driving car, it will have to sacrifice much of its legendary preference for secrecy. Manufacturers applying for a permit have to detail the make, model and Vehicle identification number (VIN) of cars they want to test, share details of Auto**mous features and capabilities, and identify test drivers by name.
If rumors about Apple testing an electric Vehicle are true, it is more likely that the iPhone maker will use a private testing facility such as GoMentum Station, a 2,100-acre former naval base in the San Francisco Bay Area run by the Contra Costa Transportation Authority. Apple could also use its own property to test vehicles With complete privacy, something it may already be doing.
Apple's rumored "Project Titan" electric Vehicle research and development could be based at a top-secret ****** and lab complex in Sunnyvale codenamed SG05, the report corroborates. Bloomberg reported in February that Apple aims to begin electric car production as early as 2020, but the company's roadmap is **t entirely clear due to the highly secretive nature of the project.
09-18-2015, 05:26 PM
Apple Met With California DMV to Review Auto**mous Vehicle Regulations
California DMV headquarters in Sacramento 
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