Social media mocks Apple as it scraps its autonomous electric car plans after a decade of work - as one user jokes 'they realised it would require Windows!'

Despite spending billions of dollars on the project in the past 10 years, Apple has scrapped efforts to build its own self-driving electric car. Social media users have been mercilessly mocking the tech giant, which is reportedly set to fire employees who worked on the ambitious scheme. Taking to X, one joked that Apple cancelled the car'after realizing it would require windows', in a nod to the software from rival tech firm Microsoft. Another user said that the'charging solution proved a bit inconvenient' with a shot of an upside-down car with a charger plugged into it. Yet another posted an image of the'original Apple car' – driven by Lowly Worm the fictional earthworm from the classic 1960s children's books.