Back in 2011, Porsche hired German engineer Alexander Hitzinger away from Red Bull’s Formula 1 empire to head their LMP1 program as Technical Director. Though the car wouldn’t race until 2014, there ...

Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the Pacific Northwest, but has long called Los Angeles home. He's had a lifelong obsession with cars and motorcycles (both old and new). The folks over at ...

Alexander Hitzinger, a 49-year-old engineer who defected to Apple after helping to develop Porsche's winning 919 racecar, has been lured back to Volkswagen Group for perhaps his biggest challenge yet ...

Alexander Hitzinger has a CV pretty enough to hang on a wall. After helping develop the Le Mans- and nearly public road-dominating 919 Hybrid at Porsche, he jumped ship to work at Apple on its ...

* Hitzinger helped develop hybrid sports cars (Recasts with company source) FRANKFURT, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Apple poached the technical director of Porsche's race car programme earlier this year, a ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The auto industry faces a new wave of consolidation as cars become electric, connected and add highly automated driving functions, Alexander Hitzinger, head of Volkswagen's ...

When we first told you about Volkswagen’s Project Artemis, we thought it was just about making electric car development in the group faster. We missed a crucial part about that: software development.

FRANKFURT -- Apple poached the technical director of Porsche's race car program earlier this year, Manager Magazin reported today, hiring a project manager who helped engineer the sports car company's ...

Alexander Hitzinger is the latest auto specialist to be recruited by Apple. FRANKFURT: Apple hired the technical director of Porsche's race car programme earlier this year, a company source said on ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On April 5, 2022, automotive industry leader Alexander (Alex) Hitzinger was appointed to the Board of Directors at Electra Vehicles, Inc. as an Independent Board Member. The ...

The need to connect autonomous driving sensors to electric motors, batteries and high-definition maps is forcing carmakers to design vehicle underpinnings and car software operating systems in house ...