The Apple Car project will have to & agrave; do without Michael Schwekutsch , who in 2019 had been hired by Cupertino after having worked several years with Tesla where he was in charge of, among other things, the development of powertrains. The professional & egrave; was hired by Archer Aviation, a company & agrave; which is developing eVTOL for a future flying taxi service, with the role of & quot; Senior Vice President Engineering – Propulsion-/HV-/Battery- Systems & quot ;.
Schwekutsch has been part of the Apple Car project for nearly 3 years and certainly not good news for Cupertino. However, lately we have seen continuous departures and new arrivals of professionals linked in some way to the automotive sector. You cannot & ograve; not to mention the departure of Doug Field , the head of the Apple Car project, who & egrave; switched to Ford. At the helm & egrave; then arrived Kevin Lynch who seems to have given a new direction to this project.
In early November, news came that Apple had hired Christopher Moore, Tesla's software director for autonomous driving. The news of Schwekutsch's farewell is also interesting because & eacute; demonstrates how startups working in the eVTOL sector can attract important figures.
But at what point is it; the Apple Car project? A latest Bloomberg report from a few weeks ago stated that under the leadership of Kevin Lynch Cupertino is focusing on functionality; autonomous driving. In particular, it appears that he is working on the development of an electric car with capacity; complete with autonomous driving that does not require human intervention.
According to the report, the goal would be to bring it to debut by 2025 , in advance compared to the timing we talked about in the past.
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