In Apple’s first increase to their autonomous car fleet since August 2019, the company has increased its number of self-driving vehicles
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Apple shifts leadership of autonomous vehicle systems to AI Chief
Bob Mansfield has retired (for good this time). Giannandrea will oversee the company’s continued work on autonomous vehicle systems…
Apple increases count of self-driving test drivers
Apple is, currently, testing a total of 69 cars on public roads of California, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles….
Apple Car dreams: How could Apple not make an autonomous electric car someday?
We can’t ignore the dream of an autonomous electric car (EV) designed by Jony Ive’s team, with a clean modern user interface, sold in Apple Stores…
Apple granted patent for a ‘passenger vehicle door and window’
A passenger vehicle includes a body, a powertrain, a first door, and a second door…
Apple in talks with suppliers of sensors for autonomous vehicles
The talks are focused on next-generation lidar, a sensor that provides a three-dimensional look at the road…
Project Titan: Apple hires Tesla’s former head of powertrains in effort to bring electric car to market
Earlier this month, we reported on Tesla losing its VP of Engineering behind its latest electric powertrains…
Apple autonomous vehicle layoffs provide hints to Project Titan’s direction
Apple Inc said on Wednesday it planned to lay off 190 employees in its self-driving car program…
Project Titan: Apple confirms layoffs for 190 autonomous vehicle employees
Apple will lay off 190 employees in Santa Clara and Sunnyvale in its self-driving car division…
Apple’s autonomous vehicle could arrive as a minivan
Apple’s engineers have designed specimens with black and silver paint…
Titan: Apple’s secret autonomous vehicle project is much bigger than people think
The result of an emerging reality for self-driving cars…
Apple dismisses more than 200 employees from Project Titan autonomous vehicle project
Apple dismissed just over 200 employees this week from Project Titan…
Apple hires designer Andrew Kim away from Tesla
Along with the recent news of Tesla’s chief vehicle engineer returning to Apple, Kim’s move will certainly stoke speculation that Apple is…
Elon Musk’s threats to quit as Tesla CEO are a red flag
As most people know, the board of directors is supposed to be protecting the interests of shareholders and governing the company and its officers…
Elon Musk’s ultimatum to Tesla board: Fight the S.E.C. or I quit
Securities and Exchange Commission officials were understandably taken aback on Thursday morning…
Musk ousted as Tesla chairman, fined $40 million in SEC settlement over fraud charges; will remain CEO
Elon Musk will relinquish the role of Tesla Inc. chairman and split a $40 million…
U.S. SEC charges Tesla CEO Elon Musk with fraud
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for fraud…
Tesla shares crash after Elon Musk smokes pot on live web show, exhibits other bizarre behavior
All of this wackiness is taking its toll on Tesla’s stock…
Apple Car rumor roundup: Project Titan and what it means
Project Purple was the iPhone. Gizmo was the Apple Watch. And Titan?
Apple researching refinements to sunroofs, seating for ‘Project Titan’ vehicle
A pair of patents granted to Apple on Thursday cover two areas of the driving experience…
Apple hired scores of ex-Tesla employees this year, and not just for its car project
Apple has attracted scores of employees away from Tesla since late 2017…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple to launch revolutionary Apple Car within 5-7 years
Kuo foresees the Apple Car revolutionizing the automobile market much as the iPhone did back in 2007…
Doug Field, former Tesla engineering chief, returns to Apple
Doug Field, who stepped down as the senior vice president of engineering at Telsa last month, is returning to Apple…
Apple’s Project Titan is still a go, says analyst
We see no history of Apple acting as a “supplier” of core tech to other OEMs…
Where Apple could crush the autonomous driving race
Last week, we reported on the autonomous-driving partnership between Apple Inc. and Volkswagen…
Apple’s autonomous vehicle fleet grows to 62 vehicles in California
Apple is aggressively developing its self-driving technology…
Apple’s autonomous vehicle project may be closer to fruition than it appears
It seems that Apple takes self-driving tech seriously, as the company continues to increase…
Google buys 20,000 SUVs, Apple gets two dozen VW vans
A few years ago, I chatted to a senior Volkswagen AG manager who’d been involved in discussions with Apple Inc….
Apple’s fleet of self-driving vehicles has nearly doubled this year
Apple doesn’t appear to be slowing down on its mysterious self-driving car technology testing…
Apple looks to be leasing Chrysler’s old proving grounds to test their autonomous vehicle tech
Over the last several months, Apple has been recruiting automotive test engineers and technicians…
Apple computer scientists disclose self-driving vehicle research
Research by Apple Inc. computer scientists on how self-driving cars can better spot cyclists and pedestrians…
Apple continues work on autonomous vehicle challenges
What happens when an autonomous car needs to make a decision between crashing into another car, or that child crossing the street?
U.S. Senate panel approves self-driving car legislation
A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday unanimously gave the green light to a bill aimed at speeding the use of self-driving cars…
17 autonomous vehicle engineers leave Apple for self-driving car startup Zoox
A group of automotive engineers has left Apple Inc. for self-driving car startup Zoox Inc…
New Apple SUVs with humungous autonomous driving LIDAR system spotted
Apple has had several Lexus SUVs equipped with sensors and cameras out on the road to test its self-driving software platform…
Apple scales back its ambitions for a self-driving car
As new employees were brought into Apple’s secret effort to create a self-driving car a few years ago…
Apple said to be working on electric car batteries
Apple is reportedly working to produce electric car batteries with…
Apple might have to make its own vehicles to succeed in autonomous driving
Apple has revealed that it’s working on self-driving car technology…
Apple’s ‘Project Titan’ remains as fuzzy as ever
We have known for a long time that Apple is working on an autonomous car project…
Tim Cook says Apple is focusing on an autonomous car system; does not rule out making own vehicles
After years toiling away in secret on its car project, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook…
Samsung’s $8 billion Harman purchase will be seen as an Apple blunder decades from now or something
Samsung’s purchase of Harman is strategically sound, worth the $8 billion, and positions Samsung…
Samsung buys automotive electronics-maker Harman for $8 billion to take on Apple, Google
Samsung Electronics is buying automotive electronics-maker Harman International Industries for $8 billion…
