Apple just dismissed more than 200 employees from Project Titan, its autonomous vehicle group | CNBC

Also note, from Apple shrinks autonomous vehicle team by 200 employees | The Verge: "However, despite this apparent reduced focus, the amount of self-driving cars Apple is testing on the roads has continued to increase, with the company having more registered test vehicles in California than Google’s autonomous spin-off Waymo as of March 2018."

"Apple dismissed just over 200 employees this week from Project Titan, its stealthy autonomous vehicle group, people familiar with the matter told CNBC.

An Apple spokesperson acknowledged the lay-offs and said the company still sees opportunity in the space:

"We have an incredibly talented team working on autonomous systems and associated technologies at Apple. As the team focuses their work on several key areas for 2019, some groups are being moved to projects in other parts of the company, where they will support machine learning and other initiatives, across all of Apple," the spokesperson said."

Apple just dismissed more than 200 employees from Project Titan, its autonomous vehicle group | CNBC