In early 2015, rumors began to circulate about the Titan project, a project in which Apple was working to try to bring an electric car to market, which the media quickly called Apple Car. Steve Zadesky, Apple's vice president of design and chief manager of this new project that should see the light of day in 2019, has just announced that he is leaving the company, according to the newspaper The Wall Street Journal. According to the newspaper, Zadesky's motives are merely personal, for which for now and until a new successor is appointed, he will remain in his post.
Zadesky came to Apple in 1999 after working as an engineer at Ford automobile company. From enchants has collaborated in the design of the iPhone, iPod and other devices alongside current company designers such as John Ive. Zadesky's abandonment could be a serious setback for the company's aspirations for the Titan project, where he was the head. For now, he will remain in the company, while Apple looks for the ideal replacement for Zadesky to report on the entire project in hand.
Currently, according to rumors, more than 1.000 engineers would be working on the Titan project, many of whom come from important companies such as Tesla, Samsung, Nvidia, Ford ... This project is no longer a secret, at least before the media, as stated by Tesla a few weeks ago. But what is leaked or rumored in the media is one thing and quite another. are the sources that Elon Musk can have, when he said that the Apple Car is an open secret, in which he implied that Apple does not have to keep this project so secret, when everyone knows what it is up to.
Recently Apple registered three domains related to the future name that this vehicle could carry: apple.car, apple.cars and apple.auto. Presumably Apple intends to offer a electric vehicle similar to Tesla vehicles that have been on the market for several years and that year after year they add new improvements and greater autonomy. We do not know the idea of Apple, but I doubt that he will launch it, it may turn out to be something more innovative than everything that Elon Musk has developed at Tesla so far.