Apple and Hyundai are allegedly pursuing an ambitious schedule for the production of a vehicle: The iPhone group is planning to enter into a long-term partnership with the South Korean automaker in March for the production of a self-driving electric car, as the newspaper Korea does IT News reported on Sunday.

US production in Conversation The production of the cars should take place either in an existing US plant of the Hyundai manufacturer Kia Motors or in a new, jointly built plant in the USA. At the start of production in the year 2024, 000. 000 Vehicles roll off the assembly line, but the annual output of the plant finally increases to 400. 000 vehicles are increased. The publication of a “beta version” of the Apple car is already planned for 2022, according to the paper.

The specified details about production location, number of items and schedule were removed from the report after a few hours, as the news agency Reuters reported. The report is preceded by rumors of a car partnership between the two companies: at the end of last week, Hyundai surprisingly confirmed that it was holding talks with Apple, and then backtracking a short time later. It was finally said.

Apple Car in work for several years Solid rumors about an “Apple Car” have been around for over five years. Recently it was quite quiet about the “Project Titan”, on which a large number of Apple employees are obviously working. Since the end of 2020 suddenly several reports appeared about the expected start of production of an Apple vehicle in the next few years – mostly was 2024 as the earliest date in the conversation.

Unclear remains why Apple should enter into a partnership with a well-known large car company for its car project – instead of doing the production itself or through a contract manufacturer. It is also possible that a partnership with Hyundai is not about an Apple car at all, but about a deeper integration of Apple’s CarPlay in cars from other manufacturers.

(lbe)