Enlarge / A potential Apple car or self-driving vehicle platform is still years away, but a key executive has shifted his focus to it. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Another executive shuffle is underway at Apple, according to Business Insider. Kevin Lynch, a key Apple VP overseeing health and the Apple Watch, is moving […]
Enlarge (credit: adventtr / Getty) A potential partnership between Apple and Nissan foundered due to disagreements over branding, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Apple wanted Nissan to build Apple-branded cars, while Nissan preferred to keep its own brand on the vehicles. In recent months, Apple has reportedly been looking for a partner to build […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson/Jonathan Gitlin/Getty Images) If Apple has plans to build an electric, autonomous vehicle, it won’t be with Hyundai Motor Group. On Sunday, Bloomberg reported that “people familiar with the matter” told the publication that “Apple paused discussions with Hyundai and Kia weeks ago”. Apple’s highly secretive vehicle plans—codenamed Project Titan—have driven a […]
Enlarge / We don’t know what the Apple Car will look like, so here’s a picture of some apples and a car. (credit: Sergei Malgavko / Getty) Rumors are continuing to trickle in about Apple’s long-expected car project. On Wednesday, CNBC reported that Apple is close to finalizing a deal for an Apple Car to be […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Apple’s automotive plan includes a collaboration with Hyundai, according to a report published on Friday by the Korea Economic Daily. It says that Apple and Hyundai are working on battery technology that will differ from the kind used in the automaker’s new battery electric vehicle platform, which goes into […]
Shares of South Korean automaker Hyundai soared on Friday after a company representative said the carmaker was in preliminary talks with Apple on a partnership to produce an electric car. Hyudai’s stock rose as much as 20%—adding $8 billion to the company’s market value-—the biggest one day jump since 1988. But, within hours, the company […]
Expand (charge: Aurich Lawson / / Getty Images) Apple will start selling and building a vehicle over the next four decades. Based on Reuters, the automobile may (or might not) utilize self-driving technologies manufactured by Apple, and it might (or may not) require a”breakthrough” battery layout that will be more economical and provide wider range […]