Apple’s self-driving car a stop-start affair
The iPhone maker's automobile project has been slowed by resignations and obstacles
02 June 2021 - 17:16
Apple has lost many top managers of its self-driving car team in recent months, a sign of attrition at the division involved in what could become an important future product.
The iPhone maker has hundreds of engineers working on underlying self-driving car technology as well as groups of employees working on an actual vehicle, Bloomberg News has reported. Running the division is Doug Field, a former top vehicle engineer for Tesla, along with a management team of fewer than a dozen executives. At least three members of that Apple car management team have departed in 2021...
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