Apple Cancels Electric Car Project
Apple has canceled all plans to release an autonomous, electric vehicle, reports Bloomberg. Apple has been working on an Apple Car for more than a decade and invested millions of dollars into development before deciding it was not a viable project.
Apple's Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams today told approximately 2,000 employees working on the Apple Car that the project was canceled, and the information reportedly came as a surprise.
Work on the Apple Car is winding down and many of the people that were working on the car will move to Apple's artificial intelligence division to work on generative AI under AI chief John Giannandrea.
There are a number of hardware engineers and car designers that were on the Apple Car team, and there will be layoffs. Some of the employees may be able to shift to other divisions within the company.
Earlier this year, there were rumors that the Apple Car project had been scaled back, with Apple abandoning plans for a full driverless car with autonomous capabilities. Apple shifted focus to an electric vehicle with fewer self-driving features, and the vehicle would have been on par with Tesla's technology. Apple was aiming to release the car sometime around 2026, but now those plans have been shelved completely.
News of the Apple Car first surfaced in 2014, and since then, the project has been rife with problems. The focus of the work has changed and evolved multiple times, and Apple has had several leadership changes due to internal strife. Apple Watch chief Kevin Lynch took over the project in 2021, and he worked to scale down the project while still putting out a viable car.
According to Bloomberg, senior Apple executives made the decision to wind down the Apple Car project in recent weeks.
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Top Rated Comments
Now please fix Siri it’s embarrassing.
You realize that the *first* cars were actually electric. Gas-powered eventually took over because of the technology at the time, and the powerful oil industry influences. We're now suffering the consequences of that, and it's time for burning fossil fuels to become extinct. We need to evolve.
Say more …
* the UI changed,
* The dash display would suffer from jelly scrolling
* the car would turn off when you got a Telugu text,
* carOS would have to index for 2 days before you got full performance again
* The car would shut down with 30% battery remaining
* the HVAC would get the temperature wrong and blow hot air
* the battery would drain too fast for whatever reason
On a positive note: Safari got snappier with every update
:ducking and running from an angry mob with pitchforks and torches: