Apple has new self-driving car hardware covered with iPod-style white plastic (AAPL)

An updated version of Apple's self-driving car was spotted in Silicon Valley.
It's sporting a new set of white plastic-covered sensors on top of the car's roof rack.
Apple's self-driving cars will reportedly be used for an internal company shuttle to bring employees from one building to another.

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Apple's self-driving cars have a new array of sensors, according to video tweeted by self-driving car startup founder MacCallister Higgins on Tuesday.

According to the video, Apple has a new array of sensors with which it's equipping its fleet of self-driving cars.

The rack spotted in Higgins' video is covered in Apple-style white plastic, and sports a lot of different sensors, including six Lidar sensors, according to his tweets.

Check it out:

Going to need more than 140 characters to go over 🍎's Project Titan. I call it "The Thing" http://pic.twitter.com/sLDJd7iYSa
— MacCallister Higgins (@macjshiggins) October 17, 2017

Here's what previous versions of the sensor array looked like:

Here's the car that #Apple's using to test its autonomous car technology. Story with @mhbergen. https://t.co/jHLnJDRjoS http://pic.twitter.com/zTezUmcZwC
— Alex Webb (@atbwebb) April 27, 2017

According to documents filed with the California DMV earlier this year, Apple is currently operating a fleet of three Lexus SUVs to test its self-driving car software. Apple also plans to operate a self-driving shuttle using the technology, according to The New York Times.

In 2016, Apple reportedly drastically scaled back its car ambitions, codenamed "Project Titan," from building a complete vehicle to focusing on the self-driving component.

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