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Apple Reportedly Teams With Kia to Produce Apple Car

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday February 04 2021, @02:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the control-with-a-macbook-wheel dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:

Apple Reportedly Teams With Kia to Produce Apple Car:

Apple is investing about $3.6 billion in a car partnership with Kia Motors, according to a report out of South Korea.

[...] Apple will set up production with Kia and build Apple cars at the company's facility in Georgia, Korean newspaper DongA Ilbo reported, though the report did not cite sources for the information, Bloomberg reported.

The newspaper also said that the two companies could sign a deal on Feb. 17 and are planning to introduce Apple cars in 2024, with an initial target to produce 100,000 vehicles a year.

Last month, South Korean automaker Hyundai, an affiliate of Kia's, announced it was in preliminary talks with Apple on developing a self-driving car, before quickly backing away from the statement and saying it has received requests from a number of technology suitors to develop autonomous electric vehicles.

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  • (Score: 2) by Tork on Thursday February 04 2021, @05:15PM (2 children)

    by Tork (3914) on Thursday February 04 2021, @05:15PM (#1108967)
    Are you making fun of Apple or the green site for making you think that quote is real?
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  • (Score: 0) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday February 04 2021, @10:54PM (1 child)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Thursday February 04 2021, @10:54PM (#1109090) Homepage

    I don't know about AC, but I'm making fun of Apple for associating with Hyundai/Kia. Although it makes business sense for Apple to market a small cheap cuckmobile on the basis of "environmental friendliness" rather than develop a more premium style associated with electric or hybrid cars.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Tork on Friday February 05 2021, @01:30AM

      by Tork (3914) on Friday February 05 2021, @01:30AM (#1109143)
      Ehhh. Nah, not for me. I'm more into jokes like: "The Apple Car Warranty is void if you get it wet." ...or... "If a software glitch locks you inside your car you gotta make an appt with the Genius Bar." ...or... "After two years your car's top speed will be throttled because of wear on the battery..." ...or... "the Apple Car won't have windshield wipers until version 3..." -- and so on.

      I'm directing this at the AC, not you... There's *lots* to make fun of Apple for, no need to be dishonest about it.
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