first published week of: 10/24/2016
Don't count on seeing an actual Apple Car anytime soon, but a future car may still run on Apple's self-driving platform.
Apple’s oft-rumored (but never confirmed) car project is reportedly being scaled back. The effort, codenamed Project Titan, will now focus on creating an autonomous driving software platform as opposed to a full-blown car, according to Bloomberg.
The latest report from Bloomberg basically confirms the news organization’s own suspicions back in July. At that time, Apple hired Dan Dodge, creator of BlackBerry-owned QNX automotive software platform, which Bloomberg believed signaled a stronger focus on software.
However, Bloomberg said at the time that Apple was not abandoning car development, which no longer appears to be the case. Project Titan has been scaled back with “hundreds” of job cuts, and a declaration by project leader Bob Mansfield that Apple was shifting to focus on the platform, Bloomberg reports. continued…