Project Titan and the Apple Car: The story so far - International Business Times UK
Since we last published an in-depth report into Apple's Project Titan autonomous car project seven months ago, the company's bank balance has grown by £15bn ($23bn) – enough to fund the entire development process of a completely new car several... Rumours of Apple producing its own car began at the start of 2015. they escalated quickly as talk of a secret new building near its California base led on to images of a mysterious Apple-registered van covered in sensors driving nearby. The Financial Times claimed CEO Tim Cook had given the car – known as Project Titan – the green light way back in September of 2014, when the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch were announced. Several employees were then poached from electric car company Tesla (and vice versa), then an anonymous email leaked to the press by an apparent Apple employee said the iCar would "change the landscape and give Tesla a run for its money". Photographs of the vans started to appear on Twitter and it looked as if that's what Project Titan was all along. Critics also pointed to Apple's CarPlay dashboard interface – available on a range of vehicles, from Ferraris to Seats – and said this was Apple's only project on wheels. Source: www.ibtimes.co.uk
