Apple has hired Soonho Ahn from Samsung SDI Co. back in late 2019 to lead the iPhone maker’s global battery developments, and now the latter has been poached by Volkswagen to work in Germany. Manager Magazin reports Volkswagen is has hired Ahn to ramp up its PowerCo battery division. According to Ahn’s LinkedIn, he is […]
As Apple’s electric car project, dubbed “Project Titan,” continues to take shape, the electric vehicle (EV) team’s new head is reportedly shifting the team’s focus to double down on autonomous driving technology. Apple is planning to accelerate its development plans for an electric vehicle (EV), with a renewed focus particularly on the EV’s self-driving capabilities, […]
As Apple plans to build an electric vehicle (EV), the company’s leader is addressing previous claims that Elon Musk tried to get Apple to buy Tesla at this year’s DealBook Live Summit. The New York Times is holding its DealBook Live Summit on Tuesday and Wednesday, featuring a number of newsmakers in business, policy and […]
Apple has hired former Tesla engineer Christopher “CJ” Moore for its self-driving car project, reports Bloomberg. According to sources familiar with the matter, Moore is working on Apple’s car project software, reporting to Stuart Bowers, a former Tesla executive that joined the iPhone maker at the end of 2020. Prior to working at Tesla, Bowers […]
After reports came out last month saying that Apple may develop its autonomous vehicle alone, despite still being on the lookout for suppliers, a new update shows that talks with two large companies in China may be on the fence. Apple’s electric vehicle (EV) talks with China-based CATL and BYD have largely been put on […]
Roth Capital Partners analyst Craig Irwin said that Tesla’s shares from retail investors “could move out quite violently” when other options like the Apple Car become available Yahoo Finance Live on Thursday. Irwin emphasized a number of topics relating to Tesla, like the Cybertruck, the company’s 2022 production plans, and also saying that Tesla’s move […]
After losing Apple Car Chief Doug Field to Ford last month, the Apple Car project is hiring for a new position, even amidst the rocky ground. Apple shared a new job description over the weekend for a Radar Test Engineer on its Sensors team, which will develop new radar tech for its “Project Titan” autonomous […]
Reports earlier this year held that Apple was looking to either Hyundai, Kia or BYD, among others, were to help develop a platform for its upcoming electric vehicle (EV), though new reports show that the company has decided to develop the vehicle on its own, according to sources familiar with the matter. Apple has decided […]
In this week’s edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman talks about how Apple and Tesla are a clear synergistic match on paper, but their products don’t integrate into each other as well as they theoretically should. Gurman says Tesla and Apple should be working more closely (or at all) with each other to make […]
Apple is considering who to award supply contracts to for an upcoming autonomous car, and according to new reports, the company has hired two former employees of another automaker. On Friday, MacRumors reported that Apple has hired two former engineers at Mercedes-Benz, presumably to work on developing the upcoming Apple Car. While the first hire […]
Apple’s self-driving test fleet has increased its number of self-driving cars to 69 from 68, as seen from an autonomous vehicle permit issued to the company from the California Department of Motor Vehicles, according to MacReports. The company has also added 16 new driver permits, totaling a current number of 92 driver permits – still […]
Wall Street Journal reporter Tim Higgins recently released his book, POWER PLAY: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century. The describes itself as “the outrageous inside story of Elon Musk and Tesla’s bid to build the world’s greatest car.” But one passage making the rounds is about Musk’s meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook, […]
During Tesla’s Q2 2021 earnings call yesterday, CEO Elon Musk bashed a fellow technology company for its apparent lack of environmental friendliness and its gatekeeping decisions, among other things. Musk took fire at Apple on Monday, saying during the earnings call Tesla uses significantly less cobalt than the electronics company, and calling the company’s App […]
After the Apple Car project witnessed several managers leaving in the past few months, the company has reportedly hired one new executive from a former electric vehicle (EV) startup. On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that Apple has hired former BMW AG Senior Executive Ulrich Kranz, according to sources familiar with the matter. Kranz was hired to […]
As Apple prepares to develop its own electric vehicle (EV), the company has been talking to a number of different potential battery suppliers, and has now entered early discussions with a few key companies in China. Apple is currently talking with China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) and Warren Buffett-backed BYD about supplying batteries for the […]
