{"id":2857,"date":"2021-02-05T12:48:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T12:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1337726"},"modified":"2021-02-05T12:48:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T12:48:48","slug":"cant-keep-up-with-the-apple-car-rumors-heres-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=2857","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t keep up with the Apple Car rumors? Here\u2019s what you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Life is kinda overwhelming right now. We get it. It goes from feeling like nothing at all is happening or ever will, then BAM! a bunch of things happen, and you don\u2019t know where to start.<\/span><\/p>\n

All the Apple Car news this week serves as case and point. There\u2019s, um, a heck of a lot of it to sift through. So let us do the heavy lifting for you. Here are the important milestones and reports you need to know about.<\/span><\/p>\n

More than just a rumor<\/span><\/h2>\n

A good tech story always starts with a rumor, and the Apple Car saga is one of those stories.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rumors, musings, and distant rumblings about Apple making a motor vehicle are nothing new. But over the past three months they\u2019ve ramped up considerably, and we\u2019re now seeing a string of reports that make new claims about what Apple is doing, what its car will look like, and who is going to make it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Back in December, we had the first solid movement for a while. A <\/span>Reuters report suggested<\/span><\/a> that Apple is aiming to start producing its car in 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

With that report, it seemed the Cupertino tech giant was still intent on making a somewhat conventional car, albeit electric and with a host of senors like LiDAR.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some commentors believed that the coronavirus pandemic would delay production until at least 2025, but one thing began to feel a little more certain: the Apple Car is on its way.<\/span><\/p>\n

Manufacturing partners<\/span><\/h2>\n

Fast forward to this year, and rumors have got a little more solid. <\/span><\/p>\n

At the start of January, a Bloomberg report confirmed that Apple still had a dedicated team working to develop its automotive tech. The team is said to be working on all manner of vehicle components from drivetrains, to interiors, to body designs. <\/span><\/p>\n

As that report surfaced, CNBC also published a report saying that South Korean carmaker Hyundai would be Apple\u2019s manufacturing partner. All of a sudden, the sun rose and light was cast on what had so far been a collection of murky suggestions from industry insiders.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although that didn\u2019t last long. Shortly after CNBC\u2019s report, Hyundai began backpedaling on its involvement with the project. <\/span><\/p>\n

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In a statement just obtained by @CNBC<\/a>‘s @cherykang<\/a>, the auto giant Hyundai says:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand that Apple is in discussion with a variety of global automakers, including Hyundai Motor.
As the discussion is at its early stage, nothing has been decided.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

These reports also seemed to suggest that the Apple Car was much further away that we were first led to believe. Rather than it going into production by 2024, it\u2019s more likely something we\u2019ll see by the end of the decade. That\u2019s if we\u2019re lucky. <\/span><\/p>\n

You can read SHIFT\u2019s full coverage of <\/span><\/i>these stories here<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Apple, Hyundai, Kia, and Porsche?<\/span><\/h2>\n

This brings us quickly to the barrage of Apple Car news that has been cast upon us this week. Seriously, I\u2019ve not seen so many articles with pretty much the same headline on the same topic \u2014 people are clearly very very <\/i>keen to talk about the Apple Car<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

So let\u2019s take a look at what went down this week.<\/span><\/p>\n

First up this week, a slew of <\/span>reports<\/span><\/a> that indicated Apple was slipping $3.6 billion into the back pocket of another South Korean carmaker: Kia. <\/span><\/p>\n

Bear in mind that Kia is an affiliate of Hyundai, so it\u2019s not like Apple has swung from pillar to post here, it\u2019s more of a minor realignment. But the crux of the news is that Apple would give Kia a bunch of money, and the carmaker would actually build the Apple Car. <\/span><\/p>\n