Earlier this month, Patently Apple discovered a patent issued to "Apple Electric Car, Inc." It was intriguing, but the patent was given to a duo out of Miami, and the tech described in the patent wasn't exactly something Apple would release.
But while that patent didn't come from Cupertino, a team at Apple is apparently interested in electric cars. Sources have told Reuters and The Wall Street Journalthat Apple has "several hundred" employees working on an electric car, known internally as Titan.
This comes amidst reports that Apple is prepping a Street View rival after minivans leased to Apple, equipped LiDAR sensors and cameras, were spotted driving in Claycord, Calif. Others speculated the vehicles were self-driving car prototypes.
Whatever it's testing, it remains to be seen if we'll ever actually see an electric car roll into an Apple press event. Apple, like most tech companies, often experiments with technologies it never brings to market.
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