Apple is winding down its effort to create an electric car with autonomous capabilities, a significant shift for the company that has poured resources into the highly secretive project for nearly a decade.
Just two weeks ago, the company was testing one of its 67 vehicles outfitted with autonomous capabilities on a Sunnyvale, Calif., highway, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles. But on Tuesday, Apple executives told employees that it scrapped the project and is now shifting members of the group to focus on generative artificial intelligence efforts, according to Bloomberg News.
Apple declined to comment.
Despite its increase in testing over the past year, Apple’s car efforts were far behind other leaders in the industry. The company only had permits to test in California with a human behind the wheel who was ready to take over at any moment, DMV records show. That compares with the current leader in the space, Alphabet-owned Waymo, which has been offering fully driverless robotaxi rides to customers in San Francisco and Phoenix for months.
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