Rumors about the end of the Titan project from Apple are making the rounds.
The Apple Group has been researching Autonomous Driving for several years, even though it has never officially been known. In general, Apple does not like to look in the cards. However, there was some evidence of their involvement in autonomous driving.
So you had one license For testing in California, you had to go to a lawsuit secret theft reveal some files and last but not least you had one accident declare with an automated vehicle. However, it is still unclear how Apple wants to market the technology. Maybe it will not happen anymore.
Once before rumors circulated that that Project TitanApple’s internal name is about to be phased out. In addition, the company lost a relatively large size last year Number of employeeswho were allegedly active in the field, to the startup Zoox,
Now the rumor mill is seething over an end of the project again. In fact, recently a boss of the department has switched to competition: Alexander Hitzinger works for the manufacturer Volkswagen in the future. In addition, the company reported at the beginning of the year that sales are declining. Although this is mainly due to the iPhone, but the research on autonomous driving is costly and Apple wants to save costs, as the media report.
To this end, there should also be a hiring freeze and if you stop a project in the big competition in the car market, so it could also be the project for the development of autonomous driving. Although Apple the fleet only last year increased to 70 vehicles. Meanwhile, the industry leader Waymo (Google) the first robot taxi service in the December 2018 started. Obtaining this is difficult even for the auto industry.
About David Flora
I’ve been writing about Autonomous & Connected Driving since 2011 and also talk about it on other sites like the Smart Mobility Hub. I studied social sciences at the HU Berlin and since 2012 I am a freelance journalist. Contact: mail@autonomes-fahren.de