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
Show threadJon HancockFeb 27, 2024
@cstross They actually called the car team the SPG? Unfortunate.
Show threadCharlie StrossFeb 27, 2024
@BigJackBrass Americans. (Also, young Americans. Few Brits under 40 will remember the SPG.)
Show threadDave JFeb 27, 2024
@cstross @BigJackBrass FWIW, it only just occurred to me that the hamster in The Young Ones was named after something. (Over 40, but Australian.)
Show threadCharlie Stross
@davej @BigJackBrass I'm so heartened that The Young Ones has long outlived the nefarious SPG in popular memory.
Feb 27, 2024 at 8:45pmWeb