Tag: Waymo/Google

Behind Apple’s Doomed Car Project: False Starts and Wrong Turns

For the last decade, many Apple employees working on the company’s secretive car project, internally code-named Titan, had a less flattering name for it: the Titanic disaster. They knew the project was likely to fail. Throughout its existence, the car effort was scrapped and rebooted several times, shedding hundreds of workers along the way. As… Continue reading Behind Apple’s Doomed Car Project: False Starts and Wrong Turns

Investors get more reasons to like Apple as company abandons EV plans and CEO updates AI ambitions

Apple offered investors more reasons to like its stock after the company reportedly canceled its decadelong electric, self-driving car project and CEO Tim Cook talked up the iPhone maker’s artificial intelligence vision. The tech giant announced the end to its autonomous EV pursuits internally Tuesday, Bloomberg News reported , citing people with knowledge of the… Continue reading Investors get more reasons to like Apple as company abandons EV plans and CEO updates AI ambitions

Out for the Apple Car

Apple has abandoned its secret, long-standing plan to build an autonomous electric car and laid off some employees. The decision to end the project comes at a time when major automakers are rethinking their investments in electric vehicles, China’s automakers are expanding and there is increasing demand examination autonomous vehicle projects are coming up. Apple… Continue reading Out for the Apple Car

German Manager Magazine: Apple: iPhone company abandons electric car plans – no attack on Tesla, BYD and Co.003134

Is the dream of Apple-Car dreamed up? For years, new reports and speculations kept the car industry and fans of the iPhone company on tenterhooks. Now Apple is said to have pulled the plug on the electric vehicle project. There has been a lot of back and forth over the years: Apple has shown prototypes… Continue reading German Manager Magazine: Apple: iPhone company abandons electric car plans – no attack on Tesla, BYD and Co.003134

Apple cancels its autonomous electric car project and is laying off some workers

Apple is scuttling its secretive, long-running effort to build an autonomous electric car, executives announced in a short meeting with the team Tuesday morning. The company is likely cutting hundreds of employees from the team and all work on the project has stopped, TechCrunch has learned. Some remaining employees will be shifted to Apple’s generative… Continue reading Apple cancels its autonomous electric car project and is laying off some workers

Stellantis CEO dishes on Waymo, Rivian cuts staff and the great EV softening continues

TechCrunch Mobility is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares and I covered… Continue reading Stellantis CEO dishes on Waymo, Rivian cuts staff and the great EV softening continues

Rabbit’s Jesse Lyu hops into StrictlyVC LA on February 29

We’re announcing an exciting addition to our speaker lineup for StrictlyVC Los Angeles on February 29. Jesse Lyu, founder and CEO of rabbit Inc., will be joining us and showcasing rabbit r1, the pocket-sized AI hardware assistant that took CES — and the broader news cycle — by storm last month.  Lyu is an entrepreneur… Continue reading Rabbit’s Jesse Lyu hops into StrictlyVC LA on February 29

Waymo’s robot taxis are being stopped

from David Fluhr · Published February 22, 2024 · Updated February 22, 2024 I Pace Waymo. Source: Waymo The US authority CPUC prohibits Waymo from expanding in California. The CPUC has temporarily suspended Waymo’s expansion applications in San Mateo and Los Angeles due to local safety concerns and an incident in San Francisco. The suspension… Continue reading Waymo’s robot taxis are being stopped