Even though it’s been a rough project, Apple’s self-driving car effort may have crossed a new milestone. Apple is reportedly in discussions with a number of component suppliers regarding LiDAR sensors that could be used in Apple’s self-driving cars. The company, which has already produced a variety of sensor test beds for its fleet of […]
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Apple appears to have dismissed almost 200 staff members from its Project Titan self-driving vehicle department. Per a new filing with the California Employment Development Department, the majority of the affected positions were engineering roles. The layoffs include 38 engineering program managers, 33 hardware engineers, 31 product design engineers, and 22 software engineers. This puts […]
Apple has apparently signed a 10-year lease on 313,978 square feet of industrial manufacturing space in Milpitas, California. While it’s not yet known what Apple intends to do with the space, as it could be used for manufacturing, research and development, or warehousing needs. This also comes at a strange time frame for Apple, especially […]
There’s an adage about omelettes and broken eggs… An Apple Lexus SUV test car was rear-ended by a Nissan Leaf while merging onto the Lawrence Expressway in California’s Bay Area on August 24th. The Apple vehicle suffered “moderate” damage and the Leaf, which was moving at 15 miles per hour, was also damaged. While details […]
He ventured out to work on the Tesla Model 3 and has now returned to work on Apple’s car project. Former VP of Mac hardware engineering Doug Field has returned to Apple after leaving the company in 2013. The rumor mill has stated that Field will work on Apple’s Project Titan. Field began his career […]