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This is about gathering real world data to further autonomous driving.

Google has their small fleet collecting data; Tesla has tons of vehicles now collecting data; Uber has the potential to start collecting data. Apple has no ability to collect real world data... Until now?? Smart move Apple




Does "investing" in a company imply access to their data?


If the deal terms stipulate it does then there is nothing implicit about it. If the data was Apple's motivation for this deal, or even an upside if not their primary motivation, I'm sure it'd be explicitly stated in an agreement that they get access to this data, yes.


I agree that this is one of the reasons Apple is investing, but Apple is already collecting street-level data: https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/apple-maps-van-0...

Maybe we'll see a 3d street view with iOS 10.




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