Apple is scuttling its secretive, long-running undertaking to construct an autonomous electrical automobile, in keeping with Bloomberg. The corporate has already began shedding some individuals who labored on the undertaking, TechCrunch has discovered.
The scope of the layoffs couldn’t instantly be decided. Lots of the practically 2,000 workers who have been nonetheless engaged on the undertaking might be shifted to Apple’s generative AI tasks, Bloomberg reported.
The choice to kill the undertaking comes at a time when main automakers are reevaluating their investments in electrical autos, and amid elevated scrutiny on autonomous car tasks. A spokesperson for Apple didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Apple first began engaged on its automobile undertaking, recognized internally as “Project Titan,” in 2014. It pivoted repeatedly over the past decade, although, oscillating between an emphasis on making an all-electric Tesla competitor and a fully-autonomous car extra akin to what Waymo has created.
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