Big, powerful, and roomy: these are the most popular cars for self-driving experiments
Yesterday, someone spotted one of Apple’s newly licensed self-driving cars puttering around in Silicon Valley, and — surprise! — it was a white Lexus RX450h. This wasn’t a total shock — after all, Apple registered three Lexus SUVs with the California DMV for autonomous driving earlier this month.
But the extent of Lexus’ popularity among those conducting self-driving experiments is pretty amazing. Not only is Apple using the luxury car brand as a platform to test its software, but so are many other operators. It’s essentially a free advertisement for Lexus’ parent company, Toyota (which prefers the Lexus LS 600hL for its own self-driving tests).
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