Faster electric cars, California strikes back, BMW batteries, Hyundai recall: Today’s Car News

California begins fighting back against the EPA’s fuel economy freeze. Austria proposes letting electric cars drive faster. Hyundai recalls Ioniqs. And BMW builds a new battery assembly line for its upcoming electric cars. All this and more on Green Ca…

Apple patents self-driving electric cars forming peloton

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Apple has given up on project Titan that looked as if they were building their own electric car for a while. Now the Giga-Corporation filed for a patent that describes an electric car formation with a term from road cycling: Peloton. The idea is for self-driving electric vehicles to line up automatically is a function […]

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Tesla Issues Response To Poaching War With Apple: Making Cars Is Hard

The response comes after Apple hiring swaths of Tesla employees just this year alone Publicity-wise, Apple, and Tesla are two of the most prominent tech companies out there. While so much alike, these two companies are surprisingly different in a lot of areas. Just recently, Apple became the world’s first trillion-dollar company. Tesla, on the other […]

Tesla’s former head of development returns to Apple

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Doug Field, who had joined Tesla in 2013, returned to his previous employer Apple. He was head of development and production, among other roles, before he began phasing out in May, leaving the company for good in July. In May, Tesla announced that Field were taking a break and would not be leaving the company. […]

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Apple Car project continues evolving with larger test fleet & fresh, new hire

Apple’s long-rumored “Project Titan,” also known as the Apple Car initiative, has gone through several changes over the years. While the Cupertino-based tech giant initially appeared to be focused on manufacturing its own vehicle, the company has since opted to focus on developing self-driving technologies instead. Apple CEO Tim Cook, for one, stated back in […]

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