Apple is following the road taken by Waymo, the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of Google-parent Alphabet, and downshifting on its still-unannounced self-driving car project, according to a report in the New York Times. Now it’s put the car-building side of the project on hold, perhaps indefinitely, as it instead focuses on creating and perfecting the software and hardware necessary to get a self-driving car on the streets. Apple is now planning on working with other car-makers to get its self-driving tech into the garages and driveways of customers, according to the paper. “We are a self-driving technology company,” Waymo’s incoming chief executive John Krafcik said. “We’ve been really clear that we’re not a car company, although there’s been some confusion on that point.

Source: The Guardian August 23, 2017 10:18 UTC