アップルが自動運転車開発 'Project Titan.'の新規メンバー採用を停止した。

Apple has hit the breaks on hiring more people to join the company's ambitious electric vehicle program, according to a report by AppleInsider.

After a post-holiday progress review supposedly conducted by Apple design chief Jony Ive, the iPhone-maker placed a hiring freeze on the team called 'Project Titan.' Ive is said to have "expressed his displeasure" with the direction of the group that is thought to have more than 1,000 people working for it.



Though the news came several days after a report that Steve Zadesky, a longtime Apple engineer in charge of Project Titan, would leave the company, it is not immediately clear whether his departure is related to the staffing restrictions. Zadesky's departure was said to be for "personal reasons."

Apple's ability to acquire engineering talent from Tesla was supposed to have a "big impact" on Elon Musk's company's ability to keep up with the development of new vehicles.