Hyundai surprised by revealing that it was in talks with Apple for the production of an electric car. At the same time, an article by Bloomberg tells us that the Californian brand has relaunched its Apple project because it is electric and autonomous.
After a pause, the buzz surrounding the project electric car and autonomous fromApple regained his strength a fortnight ago, with revelations about a drums “revolutionary”. And now, in rapid succession, new elements tend to reinforce the hypothesis that the apple company is very seriously interested in thecar. In fact, the constructor Hyundai has just entered into talks with Apple for the production of an electric car.
« We understand that Apple is in talks with several global automakers, including Hyundai Motor. As these exchanges are still in their infancy, nothing has been decided. Said a Hyundai spokesperson quoted by CNBC. Recall that the South Korean manufacturer has a platform for E-GMP electric cars compatible with 800V charging. Apple you could rely on the latter to develop your car, using your own lithium-fer-phosphate battery (LFP) in which it is said that its engineers floor. Of course, the Californian giant has not commented on the announcement.
If it ever exists, Apple’s car probably won’t look like this. © techs_trends
Apple has hired former Tesla engineers
Coincidence or not, an article by Bloomberg Posted yesterday tells us that a “small team” of Apple engineers is indeed working on an autonomous electric car that could see the light of day within five to seven years. We know that the company is developing a hardware and software platform for autonomous driving that it has been testing for at least three years. Apple reportedly recruited several engineers from TeslaSome working on the propulsion, safety and even the interior of this supposed Apple car.
The team in charge of developing the Arm processors that Apple uses in its iPhone, iPad and Mac would also be involved. But this is still very mysterious and hypothetical, but Hyundai’s statement is quite surprising given the secrecy policy that Apple usually imposes on Your partners.
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