Ex-Apple engineers cook up cheaper, more powerful tech for self-driving cars, and VW is interested
have been conducting self-driving research and development for years, and Aeva hopes to be a major supplier in the future.
Volkswagen Autonomy, a division of Volkswagen that's tasked with building self-driving modules for the company's different car brands, is evaluating Aeva's new product. The idea would be to incorporate it into VW'selectric vehicle, a modern rethinking of the VW Bus, which is set to launch in 2022 or 2023, according to Volkswagen Autonomy CEO Alex Hitzinger.
Hitzinger was technical director of Porsche's 919 hybrid racing car before he joined Apple in 2016 to work on self-driving technology, then went back to Volkswagen in January to pursue self-driving technology at scale. He met Salehian while he was at Apple, but only learned about Aeva's technology this year, he said.
Hitzinger wants to see the technology become even more affordable, and in that spirit, he endorsed Porsche's decision to invest in Aeva, even though the start-up could sell its technology to competing car makers.
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