Apple's self-driving car project keeps moving with Drive.ai

Drive.ai was known for its brightly colored autonomous vans, so it's somewhat ironic that the secretive and elusive Apple self-driving car division acquired the brand. 

After murmurs earlier this month, Project Titan (as Apple's autonomous car team is known) is moving along with its so-called "acqui-hire" of Mountain View-based Drive.ai.

Drive.ai operated self-driving shuttles in Texas for the past year and raised $77 million since 2015, according to its Crunchbase listing. In March, its eight-month free shuttle pilot in Frisco, Texas ended and its four vehicles went to Arlington, Texas for a separate free service. The seven Drive.ai vans operating in Arlington were pulled off the road at the end of May. Read more...