LG Electronics’ joint venture with Canada-based automotive supplier Magna International is “very near” to signing contracts with Apple to…
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Apple Car would be welcomed by Continental AG’s powertrain unit
Apple entering the electric-car race could be a boon to Continental AG’s Vitesco Technologies powertrain unit as it works on transitioning…
Electric vehicle maker Fisker partners with Apple supplier Foxconn
Longtime Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with electric-vehicle maker Fisker to…
Microsoft partners with GM’s Cruise on self-driving electric cars
General Motor’s self-driving car subsidiary Cruise said on Tuesday it would partner with Microsoft to accelerate the commercialization…
Apple Car said to be at least five years away
Apple has small team of hardware engineers working on an actual vehicle, but development is still at least five years away…
Apple supplier to produce electric SUVs for Chinese startup Byton
Apple assembler Foxconn and the Nanjing Economic and Technological Development Zone have agreed to build electric SUVs for Byton …
Morgan Stanley: Apple could give ‘far more formidable’ competition to Tesla
Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas noted that Apple will one day design and build vehicles, competing with Tesla …
Why is Apple building a car?
Shares of Apple rose in morning trading on a report that the world’s most valuable company aims to produce an “Apple Car” by 2024 with…
Apple shares rise on report of ‘Apple Car’ rollout in 2024
Shares of Apple rose sharply in pre-market trading on news of a passenger vehicle by 2024 with its own revolutionary battery technology…
Reuters: Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes ‘next level’ battery technology
Apple is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to start production of a passenger vehicle that could include…
Apple and ChargePoint team up on electric vehicle charging info in Apple CarPlay
ChargePoint, one of the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging networks, now works with Apple CarPlay, taking another step towards…
Apple granted 64 patents, including vehicle charging system, braking system, and more
Apple today was granted 64 patents indicating that the pace of Apple’s intellectual property on their Project Titan vehicle/vehicular systems…
Elon Musk teases significant advances in battery technology
Tesla CEO Elon Musk plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early next that it expects…
Elon Musk wins as Alameda County capitulates over Tesla factory reopening
After Tesla’s factory reopened Monday with CEO Elon Musk practically daring local authorities to arrest him and after the factory’s operations continued…
Backed by President Trump, Elon Musk restarts Tesla factory in defiance of Alameda county orders
Backed by President Trump, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Monday that the company’s factory in Fremont, California is open and has restarted production…
Elon Musk: Tesla prepared to leave California amid fight over shutdown
On Saturday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he is going to sue Alameda County and move future operations out of California after a dispute…
Research: Many drivers might spew out less CO2 with a diesel engine than with ‘clean’ electric
Beneath the hoods of millions of the clean electric cars rolling onto the world’s roads…
Elon Musk’s threats to quit as Tesla CEO are a red flag
As most people know, the board of directors is supposed to be protecting the interests of shareholders and governing the company and its officers…
Elon Musk’s ultimatum to Tesla board: Fight the S.E.C. or I quit
Securities and Exchange Commission officials were understandably taken aback on Thursday morning…
Musk ousted as Tesla chairman, fined $40 million in SEC settlement over fraud charges; will remain CEO
Elon Musk will relinquish the role of Tesla Inc. chairman and split a $40 million…
U.S. SEC charges Tesla CEO Elon Musk with fraud
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for fraud…
Tesla shares crash after Elon Musk smokes pot on live web show, exhibits other bizarre behavior
All of this wackiness is taking its toll on Tesla’s stock…
Apple hired scores of ex-Tesla employees this year, and not just for its car project
Apple has attracted scores of employees away from Tesla since late 2017…
Why Apple should acquire Tesla
A decade after Tesla announced the Model S, and six years after its delivery, no other company…
Tesla sinks on concerns over CEO Elon Musk’s erratic behavior
Tesla Inc’s shares slumped as much as 9 percent on Friday after Chief Executive Elon Musk…
Apple’s Maps update for Europe includes focus on electric vehicles
Apple Inc. is expanding the capabilities of its Maps app in Europe to help users…
Apple has to start addressing these problems in 2017
Apple had some real problems in 2016 and, if the company wants to stay at the peak of relevancy…
Apple’s skyrocketing R&D investments explained
Even though a good chunk of that now quite large research-and-development budget is probably being spent in
What does Apple get for $10 billion of R&D?
Apple seems to have some big things cooking up…
Analysts: Apple’s innovation will pay off… eventually
Despite a third straight quarter of lower year-over-year sales, Apple is looking ahead to some…
Why Apple likes to keep so many secrets
Apple is a notoriously secretive company, choosing to keep things under wraps until it has a product ready…
The secret car that caught Steve Jobs’ eye — and may offer clues to Apple’s own
The email had one subject line: “Steve Jobs.”
Tesla’s Elon Musk surprised Apple hasn’t already built its own car
Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes that an Apple-badged car would make a lot of sense…
Morgan Stanley: Forget the iPhone, Apple’s next big money-maker could be cars
Morgan Stanley analysts took a look at Apple’s spending on incremental R&D and found something shocking…
Apple explores charging stations for electric vehicles, sources say
Apple Inc. is investigating how to charge electric cars, talking to charging station companies…
Apple’s massive R&D expenditure indicates myriad projects in the pipeline
Famously secretive Apple doesn’t tip its hand on new stuff, but its fiscal second quarter report…
‘Apple Freak’ Fiat Chrysler CEO: Apple ‘ill’ if they try making a car on their own
Illnesses like this come and go, you will recover from them…
Beleaguered Volkswagen hires expert in self-driving cars from Apple’s ‘Project Titan’
Beleaguered Volkswagen has hired an expert in self-driving car technology from Apple…
Bill Ford: carmakers must collaborate with tech companies like Apple
Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, has said he wants to transform from a carmaker…
Apple speeds up electric-car efforts, aims for 2019 ‘ship date’
Apple Inc. is accelerating efforts to build an electric car, designating it internally as a ‘committed project’ and setting a target ship date for 2019…
Apple exploring hydrogen fuel cell technology that could power devices for weeks
Apple has showed continued interest in using hydrogen fuel cell technology to power…
Piper Jaffray’s Munster: Apple car is 50% to 60% likely
If Apple makes a “car” as we know it today, we expect it to be an electric vehicle that is likely priced in the luxury market…