Apple Car To Be Built In Austria By Magna, German Newspaper Reports
(Note that we’ve had a reader telling us more or less the same for the past several months.)
The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung recently published a fresh article stating that the Apple Car (iCar?) will be built in Austria by the rigid Magna. The information seems to have originated with unknown “informed sources,” so who knows how serious it should be taken.
Other details (rumors) that were reported in the German newspaper’s coverage include: the claim that the very first suggesting may not be autonomous; that the car won’t be released until two thousand nineteen at the earliest; and that carsharing services are likely to be a choice rather than outright direct purchase.
The coverage also claims that Apple is presently operating a “secret” development facility in Berlin, and that the company has already created “concrete plans” to sell the suggesting in the German market.
Our sister site Gas2 provides more:
Magna is a conglomerate that makes major components for many automakers. It also builds ended cars for clients. It is presently involved in the production of the BMW i3 and certain models of the MINI. Reportedly, it would transfer the MINI business to other locations to make room for the Apple Car.
Magna CEO Don Walker told the press last year, “We are, in my opinion, the best contract manufacturer in the world. (With) our capability to do petite volume niche vehicle production and help with the engineering and the launch and the procurement … we’d be a logical person for anybody if they have puny volume or (are) a fresh entrant coming out.”
Lyle Dennis, who runs Apple Car Fans, tells AutoblogGreen he thinks the rumored German connection is true. “I suspect this is real. There have been discussions inbetween Apple and BMW. It wouldn’t surprise me if they did build the Apple car there.” Asked to comment on the story by FAZ, Apple characteristically said it “does not comment on rumors and speculation.”
Hard to say how serious to take these rumors. Or what exactly they imply even if true. Two thousand nineteen does seem to ring true as the earliest date that we would be likely to see the release of an Apple Car, tho’. But, in all likelihood, even that date is very likely overly optimistic – January two thousand nineteen is only around Two.Five years from now.
Apple Car To Be Built In Austria By Magna, German Newspaper Reports, CleanTechnica
Apple Car To Be Built In Austria By Magna, German Newspaper Reports
(Note that we’ve had a reader telling us more or less the same for the past several months.)
The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung recently published a fresh article stating that the Apple Car (iCar?) will be built in Austria by the rock-hard Magna. The information seems to have originated with unknown “informed sources,” so who knows how serious it should be taken.
Other details (rumors) that were reported in the German newspaper’s coverage include: the claim that the very first suggesting may not be autonomous; that the car won’t be released until two thousand nineteen at the earliest; and that carsharing services are likely to be a choice rather than outright direct purchase.
The coverage also claims that Apple is presently operating a “secret” development facility in Berlin, and that the company has already created “concrete plans” to sell the suggesting in the German market.
Our sister site Gas2 provides more:
Magna is a conglomerate that makes major components for many automakers. It also builds ended cars for clients. It is presently involved in the production of the BMW i3 and certain models of the MINI. Reportedly, it would transfer the MINI business to other locations to make room for the Apple Car.
Magna CEO Don Walker told the press last year, “We are, in my opinion, the best contract manufacturer in the world. (With) our capability to do puny volume niche vehicle production and help with the engineering and the launch and the procurement … we’d be a logical person for anybody if they have petite volume or (are) a fresh entrant coming out.”
Lyle Dennis, who runs Apple Car Fans, tells AutoblogGreen he thinks the rumored German connection is true. “I suspect this is real. There have been discussions inbetween Apple and BMW. It wouldn’t surprise me if they did build the Apple car there.” Asked to comment on the story by FAZ, Apple characteristically said it “does not comment on rumors and speculation.”
Hard to say how serious to take these rumors. Or what exactly they imply even if true. Two thousand nineteen does seem to ring true as the earliest date that we would be likely to see the release of an Apple Car, however. But, in all likelihood, even that date is most likely overly optimistic – January two thousand nineteen is only around Two.Five years from now.
No comments