A Apple anunciou hoje uma parceria com a Ford para que o Apple Maps seja integrado à Universal Electric Vehicle Platform (UEV) da montadora até 2027, por meio do seu kit de desenvolvimento MapKit for Automotive.

A Maçã ainda afirmou que as informações cartográficas em nível de via serão utilizadas pela equipe Latitude AI da Ford para desenvolver um sistema de condução hands-free.

Com o novo SDK ¹Software development kit, ou kit de desenvolvimento de software., a plataforma UEV da Ford permitirá navegação curva a curva a partir de instruções em linguagem natural, informações de trânsito e incidentes em tempo real, busca intuitiva com cartões detalhados de locais e opções de rotas inteligentes.

A Ford deverá utilizar os dados viários dos Mapas da Apple para aprimorar a próxima geração do BlueCruise, seu sistema de condução sem as mãos para rodovias. A experiência da plataforma UEV poderá se assemelhar à dos Mapas no CarPlay, oferecendo um roteamento inteligente para elétricos e pré-condicionamento de bateria — nesse caso, integrados diretamente ao sistema de navegação do veículo.

O CEO ²Chief executive officer, ou diretor executivo. da Ford, Jim Farley, comentou a parceria:

Nossos novos carros de porte médio terão um preço por volta de US$30.000 e redefinirão o que a tecnologia avançada pode ser — simples, útil e realmente acessível para mais consumidores. […] Nós temos o orgulho de incorporar a navegação e a tecnologia de navegação de mapas do Apple Maps diretamente na nossa Universal Electric Vehicle Platform, dando aos consumidores uma experiência definitiva de navegação junto com o nosso app da Ford, uma suíte completa de software e a próxima geração do BlueCruise, tudo habilitado para uma nova arquitetura zonal. O Apple Maps entregou um produto de classe mundial, e estamos honrados em ser um dos primeiros a incorporá-lo diretamente em um veículo, ajudando a definir uma condução mais intuitiva e capaz.

Para os proprietários de carros da Ford, a Apple confirmou a continuidade do suporte ao CarPlay, embora a colaboração permita que até mesmo quem não utiliza um iPhone possua os Mapas da Apple com todos os seus recursos. Com o kit de desenvolvimento MapKit for Automotive, a expectativa da Apple é que mais montadoras incorporem os Mapas aos seus próprios sistemas.

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  Software development kit, ou kit de desenvolvimento de software.
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  Chief executive officer, ou diretor executivo.

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