Former Tesla autopilot firmware manager Jamie Carlson has joined Apple’s Special Project division, according to Carlson’s updated LinkedIn profile.
Apple is said to be developing a self-driving car and this additional hire seems like a step closer in that direction. The company has been actively seeking a place to test its autonomous car project, code-named “Project Titan.”
Apple has made a slew of new hires recently: specialists in the fields of driver assistance software systems and automated driving engineering. Reports claim that as many as 1000 Apple employees are working in the Project Titan barracks, including former employees of Tesla, NASA, and a whole spate of major automakers.
No statement from Apple yet, but the evidence is clearly mounting: Apple seems to desperately want a piece of the autonomous car market.
This story originally appeared on roadandtrack.com via Reuters.
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