It Is Said That Apple Has Not Given Up Cooperation with Kia! Negotiations Between the Two Sides Are still Ongoing

According to the previous news, it has basically become a fact that technology giant Apple has entered the automotive field. However, at this stage, it has been unable to determine a partner, and the official has not officially announced the matter.Some time ago, there were many rumors that Apple would cooperate with Hyundai's Kia automobile to provide help for apple and implement Apple's car building plan, which also attracted widespread attention all over the world.Hyundai and Kia have denied discussing auto project cooperation with apple

However, there were great differences within Kia. Kia refused to cooperate with apple car for fear of becoming an apple OEM, and announced that it would stop negotiations with apple.However, according to local media reports in South Korea, Apple has not given up its cooperation intention with Hyundai and Kia, and the two sides are still negotiating on the development of Apple's self driving electric vehicle.Reported that apple and Kia signed a memorandum of understanding last year, involving eight parts of cooperation, including electric vehicles.

In addition, the relevant media also quoted an executive as saying: "even if the electric vehicle negotiation fails, there are still many projects to negotiate in other fields, so we are still optimistic about the possibility of bilateral cooperation."In addition to modern and KIA cars, Apple's first choice partner is Volkswagen. Professionals believe that the MEB electric vehicle platform of Volkswagen can more easily integrate the new model of automatic driving vehicle, which is conducive to the landing of Apple's automatic driving technology.Herbert DIS, CEO of Volkswagen, also disclosed his views on apple in an interview. He said that Apple's move to enter the automotive industry was "very reasonable" and posed a higher challenge to Volkswagen than the traditional competitor Toyota.