A company spokesman confirmed that the reduction was from the self-driving car program. Apple goes Max, unveils new iPhonesThe public documents filed with regulators provide some previously undisclosed clues. Some of the positions hint at physical products for consumers: three product design engineers and an ergonomics engineer face layoffs. Despite the headcount changes, the company appears to have ramped up its testing on California roads. It was, however, far fewer than Alphabet’s Waymo unit, which logged 1.2 million miles in California last year.

Source: The Express Tribune February 28, 2019 08:36 UTC