Apple Shifts Focus from Electric Car to AI After Ending Titan Project
• Apple has ended its 10-year electric car project, Titan, and shifted employees to its AI division • The project had aimed to release a self-driving car by 2024, but was hampered by factors like COVID-19 • Apple invested billions into Titan but scaled back plans from a radical autonomous car to one with advanced driver assistance • The company laid off 190 Titan employees in 2019 as enthusiasm for electric cars has waned recently • Tesla CEO Elon Musk reacted to the news by tweeting salute and cigarette emojis, implying the demise of a major rival