Apple cuts 200 people from its autonomous vehicle team

Apple CEO Tim Cook looks on as the iPhone X goes on sale at an Apple Store on November 3, 2017 in Palo Alto, California.

Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook looks on as the iPhone X goes on sale at an Apple Store on November 3, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Apple has trimmed the size of its autonomous vehicles team, laying off 200 people, CNBC reports. Code-named “Project Titan,” the secret team has been operating for several years, but Apple has yet to reveal what specifically the group is working on.

According to CNBC, the cuts are part of a reorganization led by Doug Field, an Apple executive who went to Tesla a few years ago, then returned to Apple last summer to help lead Project Titan.

Other employees are being reassigned within Apple, CNBC says.

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