Apple's mysterious minivans caught on camera: Sightings in California and Florida offer more clues about the 'Titan' project
- At least two videos, in California and Florida, have been posted online
- This suggests the top-secret project is more widespread than first thought
- Rumours range from a Street View-style service to a Tesla-style electric car
- In the Florida video, the passenger is seen concealing an iPad
- The far-reaching nature of the project adds weight to mapping rumours
- But reports claims Apple is building a self-driving 'Titan' car in a secret lab
- Alternatively, the tech giant could be using the vehicles for both projects
The first mysterious camera-mounted car was spotted in California last week, and now new sightings of Apple's minivans have been posted online.
At least two videos - one recorded in California, another filmed in Florida - suggest the top-secret project is more widespread than first thought.
And rumours range from a Street View-style mapping service to an electric car that will rival Tesla or a self-driving van to rival Google.
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After the first mysterious camera-mounted car was spotted in California last week, further sightings of Apple's minivans have been posted online. At least two videos - one recorded in California, another filmed in Florida (pictured) - suggest the top-secret project is more widespread than first thought
The Californian footage was sent to MacRumors and shows a silver people-carrier driving down a street in Palo Alto.
The Florida recording was filmed on a highway in Coral Springs and uploaded by Apple Insider.
This footage shows a white Dodge Caravan fitted with cameras on the roof. As the filmmaker pulls alongside the van, they wave at the two men inside.
The passenger is seen concealing an iPad from view, while the driver points to the camera and drives off.
Other reports have spotted the vans in Hawaii and Wisconsin.
The latest vans haven't officially been confirmed as belonging to Apple, but the similarities with previous confirmed sightings suggests they are.
The far-reaching nature of the project lends more weight to the claims Apple is developing a mapping service.
With 12 cameras on top of the car, however, some have said that is too many for it to be a mapping car like Google's Street View.
Plus, reports recently claimed Apple has several hundred employees developing an electric car at a secret lab. This project has been dubbed 'Titan'.
This Apple research lab was reportedly set up late last year - meaning any car could still be years away - and is being overseen by Apple designer Sir Jonathan Ive.
Apple could, of course, be using the vans for both projects.
The Wall Street Journal added that hundreds of employees are working on the Titan project and boss Tim Cook approved the project close to a year ago.
These reports followed rumours that Apple was developing a vehicle as part of a project that 'will change the landscape and give Tesla a run for its money.'
The claims were made in an email from an unnamed Apple employee.
In an interview last year, Apple board member Mickey Drexler said that before his death in 2011, Steve Jobs had considered building a car.
A unnamed Apple employee recently hinted that the tech giant is developing a vehicle as part of a project that 'will change the landscape and give Tesla a run for its money.' It followed sightings of an Apple-owned car fitted with cameras (pictured) in California
In particular, Apple may be working on an electric car to rival Tesla's range (the Tesla P85D is pictured) or the email could be referring to an advanced iPhone in-car control system that would rival Tesla's software
He told Paul Goldberger: 'Steve Jobs was gonna design an iCar. I think cars have an extraordinary opportunity for cool design.'
Alternatively, the Apple employee's email could be referring to an advanced iPhone in-car control system that would rival Tesla's software.
The original Dodge van with the equipment on the top was spotted by the blog Claycord in San Francisco.
The blog owners apparently asked the driver what he was doing, but he refused to give an answer.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) confirmed the vehicle was leased to Apple.
Last year, footage emerged of a self-driving Dodge Caravan that looked like the current Apple minivans.
When contacted by MailOnline, Apple declined to comment on the car in question or what its purpose was.
With 12 cameras on top of the mysterious Apple car, some have said that is too many for it to be a mapping car like Google's Street View (pictured left). Google launched its Street View technology in 2007, and has refined the technology ever since (Street View screenshot near Trafalgar Square in London pictured right)
Alternatively, the vehicles spotted in California and Florida could be self-driving cars. The cameras on the mysterious vans could be used to scan the road and help engineers develop autonomous software, for example. If Apple was developing such systems, they would would rival Google's self-driving cars (pictured)
- Mystery Van Could Be Apple's Entry In Effort To Develop Driverless Vehicle - CBS San Francisco
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- Camera-equipped minivan leased to Apple spotted in Bay Area may point to Street View-style mapping system | 9to5Mac
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- Video reveals close-up look of Apple's mysterious minivan project
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