Apple reportedly cancels EV development
複数のメディアの報道によると、米アップルは１０年間にわたって進めていた電気自動車（ＥＶ）の開発を断念した
According to multiple media reports, Apple has abandoned the development of an electric vehicle (EV), which had been in progress for 10 years.
The project, which was pointed out by some as having the potential to revolutionize the automobile industry, appears to have been cancelled.
このプロジェクトは社内で「プロジェクト・タイタン」と呼ばれていた
This project was known internally as ”Project Titan”.
According to Bloomberg News, which first reported on the decision to halt development, many of the employees involved in the project will be transferred to the artificial intelligence (AI) department.
CNN has reached out to Apple for comment.
今回の報道はＥＶ販売が期待外れの結果に終わり、複数の主要自動車メーカーが投資撤回と価格引き下げに踏み切る中で浮上した
The report comes as EV sales have shown disappointing results, prompting several major automakers to withdraw investment and cut prices.
Meanwhile, AI is gaining momentum
Apple’s recently reported resource shift may help it close the gap with competitors that are leading the way in AI technology, such as Microsoft and Google.
英国を拠点とする投資プラットフォーム、ハーグリーブス・ランズダウンの幹部スザンナ・ストリーター氏は「ＡＩ関係のあらゆるものに熱狂が集まる中、投資家のＥＶ熱は薄れており、巨大ＩＴ企業はトレンドを追っている」と指摘する
Susannah Streeter, an executive at Hargreaves Lansdown, a UK-based investment platform, said, ``While enthusiasm for all things AI is gathering, investors’ enthusiasm for EVs is waning, and large IT companies are following the trend. ”There is,” he points out.
アップルは長年うわさされているＥＶ開発計画を正式に認めたことはないものの、この１０年間、ＥＶに本腰を入れていることをうかがわせる動きを取っていた
Although Apple has never officially confirmed its long-rumored plans to develop an electric vehicle, it has made moves over the past decade that suggest it is serious about it.
アップルは少なくとも２０１４年から自動車メーカーの幹部を雇い入れており、１７年４月にはカリフォルニア州当局から自動運転車の試験許可を取得した
Apple has been hiring executives from automakers since at least 2014, and received permission from California regulators to test self-driving cars in April 2017.
Two years later, it acquired Drive AI, a start-up company working on self-driving cars.
In 2021, the company hired a veteran employee who was leading EV development at German car giant BMW.
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