Lamborghini R&D’s Taraborrelli Now Working on Apple Car

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28 JULY 2022 - A star from the car world is punching the clock in Cupertino. 9 to 5 Mac says “Apple has hired Luigi Taraborrelli, a 20-year veteran of the Italian car company Lamborghini.” It’s a hire that may get people off the idea that all Apple’s working on is software. Having served most recently as Lamborghini’s head of chassis and vehicle dynamics, the piece says his responsibilities included:

Chassis Concept Development, Car Characteristic, Overall vehicle laptime performances, Vehicle Dynamics targets, Handling & ride Characteristic, Suspension elasto-kinematics, Car Objectivation, Virtual simulation, Software coding and in-vehicle Software parametrization and calibration activities, Functional safety, Product liability

You know, the percentage of terms I understood in that list is kind of exciting!

The piece says Taraborrelli will be “one of the most senior managers” on Apple’s car project. “He is expected to help lead the design of Apple Car,” according to the report.