Apple's alleged
Automotive Team consisting of
hundreds of employees working on an electric vehicle
Includes several
Former Tesla, Ford and GM employees, according to
9to5Mac. The report reveals that Apple has also recruited talent from smaller firms in the
Automotive industry and other fields, including A123 Systems, MIT Motorsports, Ogin, Autoliv, Concept Systems and General Dynamics.
The list of recent hires from Tesla
Includes David Nelson, a mechanical engineering manager at the car maker until this month, and
John Ireland, previously a senior powertrain test engineer at the company. Tesla's
Former head recruiter
Lauren Ciminera also joined Apple in September and is likely responsible for recruiting additional engineers for the
Automotive team. The trio of hires surface just weeks after it was reported that Apple and Tesla continue to
fight over top employees.
A**ther **table hire is
Mujeeb Ijaz, who most recently served as chief tech**logy ******r at A123 Systems. Ijaz led a
Team responsible for research and development for the company's leading lithium-ion energy storage tech**logy. Prior to that, he worked at
Ford as an electric and fuel cell vehicle engineering manager for nearly sixteen years. The hiring adds fuel to yesterday's report that Apple faces a lawsuit for
poaching key employees from A123 Systems.
The report adds that Apple has also recruited
Former Ford engineers
David Perner and
Jim Cuseo, although the latter has been with the company since 2010 as a product design lead and manager for the iMac. General Motors'
Fernando Cunha recently joined Apple as well after working various engineering and product design roles at the auto maker since 2001. Dillon Thomasson of General Dynamics, Robert Gough of Autoliv, Hugh Jay of EMCO Gears and Rui Guan of Ogin are other new hires.
Last week, multiple reports from credible sources claimed that Apple is developing an
electric vehicle that is
possibly auto**mous in a
top-secret research lab near its headquarters in Cuperti**, California. Some reports say otherwise, claiming that Apple is working on expanding its dashboard presence through CarPlay. These hirings suggest that Apple may be working on a larger project after all, but it remains to be seen if a full-fledged electric vehicle is in the works.
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