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Apple global battery development chief leaves for Volkswagen
Apple’s global battery development chief, Ahn Soonho, has left for Volkswagen to lead the German automaker’s development of electric vehicle…
Who will build the Apple Car? Several candidates are in the running
Apple’s quest to build an electric vehicle has shined the spotlight on several potential partners capable of building the Apple Car …
Apple hires Porsche VP of chassis development for Apple Car
Apple has hired long-standing head of chassis development at Porsche for the construction of their own vehicle. Dr. Manfred Harrer…
Apple veterans’ LiDAR startup Aeva adds $200 million to war chest
Aeva, a laser-sensor startup founded by two ex-Apple engineers, is poised to increase its war chest by $200 million with an investment…
Vehicle makers who charge annual subscriptions for CarPlay: Bad PR?
BMW made a controversial move last year, implementing an annual CarPlay subscription…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple to launch revolutionary Apple Car within 5-7 years
Kuo foresees the Apple Car revolutionizing the automobile market much as the iPhone did back in 2007…
Apple’s Project Titan is still a go, says analyst
We see no history of Apple acting as a “supplier” of core tech to other OEMs…
Vehicle consortium that includes Apple announces digital car key spec for smartphones
A standardized solution designed to let drivers download a digital vehicle key onto their smartphones…
Where Apple could crush the autonomous driving race
Last week, we reported on the autonomous-driving partnership between Apple Inc. and Volkswagen…
Apple’s autonomous vehicle fleet grows to 62 vehicles in California
Apple is aggressively developing its self-driving technology…
Apple’s autonomous vehicle project may be closer to fruition than it appears
It seems that Apple takes self-driving tech seriously, as the company continues to increase…
Apple CarPlay: How it works, the apps, the vehicles and the features
So what is Apple CarPlay? Think of it as a way of mirroring some of the key features and functions…
Volkswagen looks to Apple for electric-car design guidance
Volkswagen is looking at Apple products for guidance on how to style its new generation of electric car…
Apple recruits engineers from Berlin-based automotive mapping firm ‘Here’
Apple has poached at least six engineers from Berlin-based mapping company Here…
Volkswagen: We will starve and eventually take over Apple
Whenever a new CEO takes the helm at Volkswagen AG, he announces a brand-new strategy…
Apple’s Project Titan hits a major speed bump
All is not necessarily well in Cupertino these days…
Apple Car: Jony Ive unhappy with ‘Project Titan’ progress, Apple implements hiring freeze, source says
Apple has placed a hiring freeze on the team responsible for the company’s nascent automotive ambitions…
Daimler CEO says met with Apple in California for ‘concrete talks’
Our impression was that these companies can do more and know more than we had previously assumed…
Apple’s ‘Project Titan’ honcho to leave the company; ‘Huge loss for Apple’ says Tony Fadell
One of Apple’s top automobile gurus plans to leave the company…
Apple veteran Steve Zadesky overseeing electric-car project leaving company
The Apple Inc. veteran tasked with spearheading the company’s efforts to build an automobile is leaving the company…
Apple blocked Volkswagen from demonstrating wireless CarPlay at CES
Millions of iPhones are already equipped to use Apple CarPlay over a wireless connection…
Research firm: Apple will buy Box or Dropbox in 2016, replace Google with Bing as default by end of 2017
Apple will acquire an online data storage firm such as Box or Dropbox…
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…
AAA: Google Now less distracting than Apple’s Siri, but all hands-free technologies pose hidden dangers for drivers
Potentially unsafe mental distractions can persist for as long as 27 seconds after dialing, changing music or sending a text using voice commands…
Apple’s acquisition of vehicle experts kills electric motorcycle startup Mission Motors
Apple Inc’s aggressive recruitment of auto experts as it explores building a car has left a promising…
Apple is building their largest startup ever
What was once discussed within certain technology circles is now in mainstream news…
Why it’s time for an Apple Car
There’s never been a better time for Apple to make a car…
Analyst sees $55,000 car from Apple as soon as 2019
Analysis indicates the automobile industry is ‘ripe for disruption’ and that Apple is well positioned to introduce a car…
Apple’s ‘Project Titan’ just sped up
For a company at the very top of the corporate ladder, some of the most important shifts in its vaunted history still lie ahead…
Why cars are Apple’s next big market
Few industries are as highly regulated as the global automobile industry…
The deeper reason for an Apple Car
As more and more smoke has emerged around the Apple Car, I think I see one big thing missing in people’s speculation about why this might or might not make sense as a strategic initiative…
Volkswagen emissions scandal spotlights need for an Apple Car
Apple is going all-in on an electric car that could ship in 2019…
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…
What to expect from the Apple Car: Disruption
The automobile industry is sort of like the phone industry before Apple crashed the party…
Apple Car: Tesla engineer joins Apple’s ‘Project Titan’ vehicle effort
Apple Inc. has hired a senior engineer from electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc…
Mercedes-Benz open to collaboration with Apple
Daimler’s chief executive said ‘different types’ of cooperation with Apple…
BMW, Mercedes, and Volkswagen’s Audi to buy Nokia’s HERE maps
German carmakers BMW, Audi and Mercedes, will pay around 2.5 billion euros…
Apple’s drive for world auto dominance spooks the industry
Whatever form its vehicle plan eventually takes, it represents an existential threat to the auto industry…
Fiat Chrysler CEO: Apple and Google may disrupt car industry
The traditional motor industry would be foolish to ignore moves by Apple…
