Apple’s car plan includes a collaboration with Hyundai, according to a report published by the Korea Economic Daily on Friday. It says Apple and Hyundai are working on battery technology that will differ from the type used in the carmaker’s new battery platform for electric vehicles, which will go into production later this year. The report also claims that the Apple car will arrive in 2027, but does not provide further details on the collaboration or possible vehicles or technologies that could arise from this.
Will they – will there not be rumors about an Apple car circulating since Apple set up an internal group called Project Titan in 2014? As Apple is notorious, there is little information about the project other than reports of fired staff and plans. be scaled back. But by the end of 2019, it is believed that 1,200 Apple people were working on Project Titan, and in December 2020, Reuters reported that by 2025, an Apple car could hit the street.
Meanwhile, Hyundai Motor Group has quickly emerged as one of the leaders in BEV engineering and is on the verge of debuting a new platform called E-GMP that will support 23 different new models from now until 2025. Hyundai has opted for an 800 V electrical architecture for E-GMP with which it can charge up to 80 percent within 18 minutes. Hyundai is also working with startup Canoo on BEVs.
A Hyundai spokesman confirmed to CNBC that Apple and Hyundai were in talks:
“We understand that Apple is in talks with a variety of global automakers, including Hyundai Motor. As the discussion is at an early stage, nothing has been decided,” a Hyundai Motor representative told Chery Kang, CNBC, said.