Charlie StrossFeb 27, 2024

Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Ending Decade long Effort

The most recent approach discussed internally was delaying a car release until 2028 and reducing self-driving specifications from Level 4 to Level 2+ technology.

Many employees on the car team — known as the Special Projects Group, or SPG — will be shifted to the artificial intelligence division

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-27/apple-cancels-work-on-electric-car-shifts-team-to-generative-ai

Apple to Wind Down Electric Car Effort After Decadelong Odyssey

Apple Inc. is canceling a decadelong effort to build an electric car, according to people with knowledge of the matter, abandoning one of the most ambitious projects in the history of the company.

Bloomberg
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@cstross It could well be true, because the project has been a mess, but if it's coming from Bloomberg, take it with a shaker full of salt. Bloomberg's tech reporting has not been great in the last few years, most notably the thoroughly debunked "big hack" story that they never recanted no matter how many called bullshit on it.
Feb 27, 2024 at 8:31pmWeb