Apple engineers deal with a lot of confidential information, but leaking those secrets could land you in jail.
Zhang worked on Project Titan, the codename for Apples autonomous car division, starting in 2015.
One video showed him leaving Apples campus with a box of hardware.
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The former Apple engineer confessed to taking documents from Apple and pleaded guilty to his charges.
Its unclear what happened to XMotors.
Their site is no longer active, but you’re able to find aweb archiveof it.
The company claimed tonever receive any sensitive information about Apples technology.
It agreed to work with local authorities in the investigation.
The startup was a subsidiary of XPeng Motors, which now boasts its world-leading smart driving assistance architecture.
The relatively short jail sentence will be followed by a three-year supervised release.
It remains unknown how much, if any, information was truly exposed from Project Titan.
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