The car project was cancelled amid indecision among executives about its direction and cost concerns, while the display programme was shuttered due to engineering, supplier and cost challenges.
Apple Inc. laid off more than 600 employees in California as part of the decisions to end its car and next-generation smartwatch display projects, according to filings with the California Employment Development Department.
The Cupertino, California-based company filed eight separate reports to the state to comply with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN program. Companies must file a report to the state agency for each California address that includes employees affected by a layoff.for its next-generation screen development, while the others were located at buildings related to the car project.
At the end of February, Apple began to wind down both initiatives, which were seen as major moonshot efforts to advance the company’s technologies or enter sizable new areas.display programme was shutteredAccording to the reports, 371 employees were released at Apple’s main car-related office in Santa Clara, California, while dozens more at multiple satellite offices were also impacted.
In some cases, members of the Apple car group were relocated to other teams, such as for artificial intelligence or work on personal robotics.The WARN notices don’t disclose the full scope of the job reductions because Apple had many engineers on both projects in other areas, including Arizona.
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