Apple hires the engineer who led the design of Tesla's car interiors

MacManus was responsible for the interior engineering of Tesla vehicles and also worked for other large automotive companies such as Aston Martin, Jaguar and Bentley & Land Rover. He is now Senior Director at Apple. The movement was emphasized by Bloomberg and is confirmed on the LinkedIn profile of MacManus.

According to rumors, Apple would be working on its own autonomous vehicle as part of its electric car project, the Titan project. The company has recently been active in the automotive sector by acquiring the self-starting hard drive. Last month. Hiring MacManus may indicate that Apple intends to design its own vehicle in the future or that the company intends to apply its design expertise to other Apple products.

Although there is often an exchange of engineers between Apple and Tesla, this hiring at the management level encourages badysts to wonder if companies could have projects for a joint project. Michael Schwekutsch, former powertrain leader, and Doug Field, former executive vice president of engineering, have moved from Tesla to Apple.