Layoffs Hit Apple Car Project

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Updated Apr. 13, 2017 3:03PM EDT / Published Sep. 09, 2016 8:18PM EDT

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Apple’s nascent project to develop a self-driving car has hit a roadbock. The New York Times reports “Apple has shuttered parts of its self-driving car project and laid off dozens of employees,” according to three people familiar with the program nicknamed Project Titan. Apple spun the job cuts internally as a “reboot” of its effort to make a self-driving electric vehicle to challenge efforts by Tesla, Google, and forthcoming projects from Ford, General Motors, and Fiat Chrysler.

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Layoffs Hit Apple Car Project

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