Apple continues to strengthen the teams in charge of the Apple Car

Difficult to keep
the secret about a project when it reaches the scale that it seems to have
Operation “Titan” at Apple. Strong inplus
of 1000 people already at work several months ago, the team in charge
to create an electric “Apple Car” with autonomous driving continues to be
develop. New automotive specialists have indeed come
join Apple recently, coming from Tesla, Texas Instruments between
others :

Naturally when we talk about electric cars, it is Tesla that
we turn, the same goes when it comes to recruiting specialists
automatic driving or electric power. Last month, Tesla
indeed lostan engineer
specialized for the benefit of Applebut it doesn't stop there.

More recently, it isHal Ockersewho joined the team
Apple software. Employed in Elon Musk's company from July 2014 to August
2015, he brings extensive experience as an R&D manager to
assisted driving solutions and piloting instruments
automatic(compass, camera and sensors)

Another recent recruitment,Subhagato Dutta, comes from
Texas Instruments where he worked on the software and algorithmic aspects
and image processing for automobiles, after conducting research
academics onself-driving cars.

Finally, it comes fromIndian automobile manufacturer Tata
Motorsthat Yakshu Madaan joined Apple as program manager
technique.

In addition to theancien
quality manager at Chrysler, these are just a few profiles here
among those certainly many who have not (yet) been spotted in this
global transfer window!

If there remained a shred of doubt about Apple's plans, it is quite obvious
that it is not to work on the next computers or smartphones
of the company that these recruitments are carried out!

Also read, theinformation on the "Apple
Car":

• Titan: the
  Apple's driverless electric car project

• In
  images: the basis on which the Apple Car could make its first
  tests

• Apple
  Because: a titanic project, team and objectives revealed

• THE
  rumor of the day evokes Apple's ambition in the automobile... and
  Tesla

• 
  Tesla, the Apple of the road?

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