- Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has signed a deal with Volkswagen (VLKAY) to make self-driving cars, The New York Times reports, in a bit of a setback from grander visions of working with BMW (OTCPK:BMWYY) and Mercedes-Benz (OTCPK:DDAIF).
- The latter two automakers reportedly rebuffed Apple requests to hand over control of the data and design of the planned cars.
- Now Apple will work to turn some of Volkswagen's T6 Transporter vans into self-driving shuttles for Apple employees.
- A self-driving auto program that has faced repeated directional changes has Apple now likely well behind rivals like Waymo (GOOG, GOOGL) and Uber (UBER), the report notes.