Apple's car at one point replaced the steering wheel with an Xbox-like controller for when its self-driving couldn't cut it: Bloomberg

• Apple's most advanced backup control for a car prototype looked like an Xbox controller, per Bloomberg.
• CEO Tim Cook tested this prototype in 2020, and he and other execs were impressed, per the outlet.
• But Apple shut down its secret, self-driving electric vehicle project on February 28.

Apple's now-failed self-driving car at one point featured a backup control system that resembled a video game controller instead of a steering wheel, per Bloomberg.