Apple's car plans race ahead as it poaches Porsche racing's technical director

Alexander Hitzinger is latest auto specialist to be recruited by technology giant He helped engineer the car company's return to the Le Mans endurance race He helped engineer the car company's return to the Le Mans endurance race Apple poached the technical director of Porsche's race car programme earlier this year, a company source said on Friday. Hitzinger helped Porsche, owned by Volkswagen, return to endurance racing and to develop the 919 hybrid sports car from scratch, much in the same way Apple is now looking into building its own vehicle. Apple's latest patent describes technology for a collision avoidance system that is designed for robots, or self-driving cars. And it uses what it has learned from previous encounters for new ones. Facebook copies Snapchat AGAIN with new'photo frame'... Meet Fyodor: Russia's spacebot put through its paces on... Will Apple's next iPhone FOLD?