The degree to which globular wheels would complicate such a design is such that it would leave you being passed by your competitors right out of the gate, on top of that it would complicate all kinds of things such as certification and potentially reliability and safety as well as supply chain issues after delivery.
Solving too much is a fantastic way to crash a project.
>The degree to which globular wheels would complicate such a design is such that it would leave you being passed by your competitors right out of the gate
We don't know that. We just know that we're not familiar with them. If anything, globular wheels could make some kind of automated steering easier.
And of course, it's obviously not like Apple only tried that design: they tried globular wheels, fat wheels, thinner wheels, wooden wheels, and what have you to see what works better -- like they did when they designed the iPhone, etc.
> tried globular wheels, fat wheels, thinner wheels, wooden wheels, and what have you to see what works better
Yes, and 'standard wheels' would have saved them time, money and other resources and would have increased the chances of bringing a self driving car to market.
Solving too much is a fantastic way to crash a project.