--- title: "Apple Is Reportedly Releasing a Self-Driving Car in 2024" description: "According to a Reuters exclusive, tech giant Apple is planning to produce a self-driving passenger car to be released in 2024." date: "2020-12-21" modified: "2020-12-21" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/apple-self-driving-car-2024" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Self-Driving Vehicles" tags: - "apple" - "car battery" - "electric cars" - "Self-driving cars" - "the digest" --- # Apple Is Reportedly Releasing a Self-Driving Car in 2024 ![According to a Reuters exclusive, tech giant Apple is planning to produce a self-driving passenger car to be released in 2024.]() *\Image: Victor Tangermann\* ## Project Titan According to a [*Reuters* exclusive](), tech giant Apple is planning to produce a self-driving passenger car to be released as soon as 2024 — despite several [layoffs]() hitting the company's automobile efforts over the last couple of years. The project, known as Project Titan, was reportedly first approved by CEO Tim Cook six years ago. Rumors surrounding Apple's efforts to built a car [started swirling]() in 2015. Ever since then, the project has been kept tightly under wraps. ## Next Level Apple may have ambitious plans for its automotive efforts that span beyond just self-driving capabilities. According to *Reuters*, the company is designing a new battery that could "radically" reduce the cost of batteries and increase range. "If there is one company on the planet that has the resources to do that, it’s probably Apple," an unnamed Project Titan team member told *Reuters*. "But at the same time, it’s not a cellphone." Self-driving tech will reportedly rely on lidar, not unlike the sensors built into Apple's iPhone 12 Pro and iPad Pro devices that were released this year. A new "monocell" battery design could free up a ton of space inside the battery pack. "It’s next level," *Reuters*' source said. "Like the first time you saw the iPhone." **READ MORE:** [Exclusive: Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes 'next level' battery technology]() \[*Reuters*\] **More on Apple's car:** *[Apple Lays Off 200 Workers From Secretive Self-Driving Car Project]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()