Alexander Hitzinger is quoted as saying he wanted to do something, 'which has a significant and direct impact on society' but stopped short of confirming he now worked at Apple.
'Ride hailing is nothing more than manual autonomous driving,' Tony Douglas, Head of Strategy for BMW's mobility services said. 'Once you dispense with the driver you have a license to print money.'
A five-page letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is the company's most comprehensive statement yet about its ambitions in self-driving vehicle technology.