苹果汽车设计目标曝光：

　　值得注意的是，该报告披露了一些关于所谓“苹果汽车”的物理外观的有趣细节。据称，该车的最新设计具有四个朝内的座椅，允许乘客彼此面对面交谈，同时还有一个类似于大众甲壳虫车顶的弧形车顶。

　　报告称，苹果公司的设计师还在试验一种后备箱，可以自动升起以方便拿取东西，不使用时又自动降下，据说设计师们还讨论了可上升和下降的大型座椅靠背屏幕。

　　据报道，苹果公司的前设计总监JonyIve仍以顾问身份参与了该项目。Ive于2019年离开苹果公司，创办了独立的设计公司LoveFrom，他建议苹果汽车团队“应该向车辆设计的怪异性倾斜，不要试图隐藏其传感器”。

　　正如之前的报道，TheInformation称，苹果公司的目标是获得美国国家公路交通安全管理局的豁免，以推出没有方向盘和刹车踏板的车辆。关于自动驾驶技术，据说苹果汽车团队已经精心制作了多个演示视频，向蒂姆-库克和其他高管展示。该团队还带着库克在圣克拉拉谷的一辆测试车内兜风，这辆车顺利完成了自动驾驶行程，甚至“自主地进行了DMV自动驾驶路测，以展示其能力”。

　　有趣的是，该报告称，苹果公司甚至讨论过允许乘客平躺在车内睡觉。

　　报道称，随着苹果汽车慢慢接近推出，苹果公司现在正在讨论如何在公众测试期间掩饰该车的原型车。然而，该车离发布很可能还有几年时间。

Apple car design goals revealed:
On July 12, TheInformations Wayne Ma published an in-depth report today detailing Apples efforts to build a self-driving electric car, including the technical challenges and several years since the project began about eight years ago. Sub-leadership changes. Apple car design goal exposure: no steering wheel or brake pedal, self-driving

Notably, the report revealed some interesting details about the physical appearance of the so-called Apple Car. The cars latest design is said to feature four inward-facing seats that allow passengers to talk face-to-face with each other, as well as a curved roof similar to that of a Volkswagen Beetle.

Apples designers are also experimenting with a trunk that automatically raises for easy access and automatically lowers when not in use, the report says, and the designers are also said to have discussed large seatback screens that can be raised and lowered .

According to reports, Apples former design director Jony Ive is still involved in the project as a consultant. Ive, who left Apple in 2019 to start independent design firm LoveFrom, suggested that the Apple Auto team should lean toward the weirdness of the vehicles design and not try to hide its sensors.

As previously reported by TheInformation, Apple is aiming to get a waiver from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to launch vehicles without steering wheels and brake pedals. Regarding self-driving technology, the Apple car team is said to have crafted multiple demo videos to show Tim Cook and other executives. The team also took Cook for a ride in a test vehicle in the Santa Clara Valley, which successfully completed a self-driving trip and even autonomously conducted a DMV self-driving road test to demonstrate its capabilities.

Interestingly, the report claims that Apple has even discussed allowing passengers to sleep on their backs.

Apple is now discussing how to disguise a prototype of the car during public testing as it slowly approaches its launch, the report said. However, the car is likely a few years away from launch.