Apple poached the technical director of Porsche’s race car program earlier this year, Manager Magazine said on Friday, hiring a project manager who helped engineer the sports car company’s victorious return to the Le Mans endurance race.
Alexander Hitzinger is the latest auto specialist to be recruited by technology giant Apple as it explores … More
Audi will end its involvement in the prestigious Le Mans sports car race next year after almost two decades to focus on racing electric cars, symbolizing a shift in strategy as parent company Volkswagen battles to recover from an emissions scandal.
Audi, which is seeking to boost the share of zero-emission vehicles to at least a quarter of its global sales by 2025, said it will start competing next year in the Formula E electric-car racing championship … More
Eighty-seven bikes that belonged to actor and comedian Robin Williams are currently being auctioned online in aid of charity.
The famously cycle-mad Williams – star of the Mork & Mindy TV series and numerous major movies including Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting and Mrs Doubtfire – died in 2014 having amassed a huge collection of bikes.
As well as being extensive, the range on offer at online auction house is eclectic, to say the least … More
Apple’s ambitions to take on Tesla in the electric car space, Uber in the self-driving space, and in general, to pivot into the auto industry have not been exactly a secret over the past year, but few had any idea how Tim Cook would go about doing this. Today, the FT reveals that the world’s most valuable company plans to transform the auto industry by purchasing British supercar maker and Formula One team owner, McLaren technology.
According to the FT, Apple has been working on a self-driving electric vehicle for more than two years, is considering a full takeover of McLaren or … More