Apple Will Develop Driverless Electric Car - Based On The BMW i3

Apple early last fall has already begun with the German luxury car brand BMW began negotiating cooperation, will be the BMW i3 electric car as a sample, to develop their own products in their electric car basis.

According to a latest news this week, Apple early last fall has already begun with the German luxury car brand BMW began negotiating cooperation, will be the BMW i3 electric car as a sample, to develop their own products in their electric car basis.

According to the German local "manager magazin" quoted insider news that Apple in 2014, began with BMW contact cooperation on electric vehicles, and as part of the partnership, BMW will contribute its i3 electric car as an Apple Developer The base model of electric vehicle projects. But since the two sides decided to cooperate, we will have another use each other's strengths. Apart from BMW's interest in Apple hardware R & D strength, may also be interested in aspects of BMW's LifeDrive architecture, cabin powertrain and battery modules.

According to the "manager magazin", said, Cook and other Apple executives recently met in Leipzig with BMW executives and visited the i3 line. News that Apple i3 carbon fiber body is full of interest.

BMW i3 electric motor maximum power of 170 horsepower, the car 0-100km / h acceleration time of 8 seconds, can travel 90 miles per charge. Of course, the BMW i3, compared with the Tesla Model S, or worse, Model S hundred kilometers acceleration only 2.8 seconds, and can travel 300 miles per charge. If Apple chose the BMW i3 electric car as its basis, the need for a radical change to make that Tesla competitors.

After a year the approval of Apple CEO Tim Cook's, hundreds of employees engaged in the electric car project. Later, while there have been media reports of key members of the project, as well as car companies to lure them away from Apple's news. In February, Apple is battery company A123 complaint from the company lured away a lot of professionals in the field of batteries, and subsequently an internal document shows that these are apples poached employees have formed a group specializing in the development of advanced battery technology technology.

Also from the beginning of February, there have been news that Apple is set up code-named Titan's driverless car project, and there have been executives and employees have added to the team in the past. In March, Apple headquarters in Cupertino rented garage nearby, devoted to the automotive repair and testing facility, Apple seems intent to enter the automotive sector has been basically clear.