Waymo acquires Apple's former self-driving car testing site in Arizona for $220M
Apple has sold its 5,500-acre Arizona self-driving car testing facility to Waymo for $220 million, over two years after the Apple Car project was cancelled. The sale recoups a small fraction of the estimated $10 billion Apple spent on the decade-long autonomous vehicle project. The property in Wittman, Arizona, was acquired by Waymo, marking the most definitive sign that the Apple Car program is permanently dead.
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Over two years after the Apple Car program was declared dead, Apple has offloaded its 5,500-acre Arizona proving ground to Waymo.
It's a sale that recoups $220M from the $10B Apple spent on the failed project.
In what is the surest sign of it being dead, Apple has sold off a massive parcel of land used for self-driving vehicle testing.
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