AppleInsider reported lately that Apple is visiting Asian provide chains and automakers to organize for mass manufacturing of Apple Automotive electrical automobiles in 2024.

In truth, that is per earlier studies. They have been saying that the Apple improvement workforce secretly visited Korea’s SK Group and LG Electronics and different corporations to debate potential Apple Automotive cooperation issues.

The most recent report claims that Apple is visiting provide chain and automakers in South Korea and Japan. They embody Toyota Motor, SK Group and LG Electronics. The aim is to organize for mass manufacturing of Apple Automotive electrical automobiles in 2024. The primary subject of this dialogue is the right way to produce Apple Automotive within the face of worldwide chip scarcity.

As everyone knows, the present world chip scarcity has hit the auto business essentially the most. Tesla and Ford have been affected tremendously. Weilai Motors yesterday additionally lowered its supply forecast for the third quarter of this yr.

Apple Automotive Information Evolution

As early as 2014, we realized that Apple recruited greater than 1,000 staff to secretly develop electrical automobiles. On the finish of 2016, there have been studies that Apple had scaled down the automotive’s analysis and improvement venture and had no intention of constructing a whole automotive, however as a substitute targeted on the analysis and improvement of autonomous driving software program methods.

Nonetheless, in December final yr we realized that Apple is advancing self-driving automotive know-how. It has the purpose of manufacturing a passenger automotive. The latter might embody its personal breakthrough battery know-how as early as 2024.

“Apple officers have been in Korea for enterprise talks with its Korean companions within the semiconductor and show sectors. As seen in Apple’s smartphone enterprise, the corporate is in search of enterprise companions in Korea for its EV enterprise,” a senior business government immediately concerned with the difficulty informed The Korea Occasions.

Not that way back, we reported that there are rumors as Apple will cooperate with conventional automotive makers. The Korean Occasions mentioned that the Cupertino firm is at present in search of OEM manufacturing by auto corporations. On the identical time, they are going to be accountable for the general high quality and electrification of the Apple automotive. If believing in these rumors, Hyundai should take the lead in taking the olive department thrown by Apple.

 “With out partnerships with Korean distributors, Apple received’t be capable to full its EV marketing strategy. So far as I do know, Apple has talked with LG, SK and Hanwha, however the talks are nonetheless within the early levels.”