Apple has shut down its internal project to build an electric car, it has been reported. The technology giant has never publicly acknowledged the secretive project or confirmed any such plans around electric vehicles, but rumours have circulated for a decade and the project was said to have involved around 2,000 people. According to a report from Bloomberg, the project is now being wound down, with many staff being shifted to work on artificial intelligence (AI) instead – set to be a key innovation area of the tech sector in the coming years. The iPhone maker has reportedly spent billions of d…