Apple Poaches Talent From Lamborghini For EV Car

Apple has struggled to get its autonomous EV car off the ground for years. The tech company has now made a significant power move by hiring ex-Lamborghini employee Luigi Taraborrelli.

塔拉博雷利离开兰博基尼今年五月尾er spending 21 years with the Italian brand. At the end of his time with Lambo, he was the head of chassis and vehicle dynamics. His impressive portfolio includes the Urus, Huracan, Aventador, and most impressive of all, theHuracan Performante. Taraborrelli also worked on theupcoming off-road supercar, the Huracan Sterrato.

The news comes viaBloomberg, suggesting that Apple is far from ready to give up on its automotive dreams. This is not Apple's first high-profile hire. In mid-November 2021, Apple poached CJ Moore from Tesla.

Moore was meant to work with Stuart Bowers, which Apple also lured away from Tesla. The latter was in charge of the Autopilot program until 2019, which means Apple is pretty serious about autonomous driving.

Moore stayed with Apple until May 2022 before moving to amore lucrative position. Before that, Apple lost three more employees working on its autonomous driving systems.

It's not just the software holding Apple back. Apple was in serious negotiations with China's CATL and BYD to provide batteries, but the renowned smartphone company'sdemands were said to be too high. It wanted the previously mentioned battery suppliers to be fully dedicated to its needs, which is an odd request considering CATL is the world's number one battery maker.