“Carlos Ghosn, the CEO of the Nissan-Renault Alliance, welcomes the idea that Apple wants to get into the electric car business,” Roger Cheng reports for CNET.
“‘If Apple does it, obviously it’s good news for us,’ he said in a Monday keynote presentation at the Mobile World Congress trade show,” Cheng reports. “Ghosn’s answer sounds rather counter-intuitive, but he is less concerned about competition and more about raising consumer awareness of electric cars — something Apple could do very quickly.”
“‘The fact that a company outside of the auto industry wants to do electric cars is refreshing,’ he said, adding he was curious about the prospect,” Cheng reports.
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