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04-28-2016, 10:02 PM
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2016/04/Apple-car-silhouette-250x218.jpgFiat Chrysler Automobiles is in the late stage of talks with Google parent company Alphabet Inc. about an industry partnership involving self-driving car tech**logy, according to automotive blog Autoextremist (http://www.autoextremist.com/current/2016/4/26/google-in-final-negotiations-with-fiat-chrysler-on-an-advanc.html) and The Wall Street Journal (http://www.wsj.com/articles/fiat-chrysler-alphabet-in-partnership-talks-1461861866).
Moreover, Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has reportedly indicated that he is open to working with a tech giant, including Alphabet or Apple, in order to build more scale and help offset automotive-related production and development costs.
On the contrary, Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller said that its ongoing discussions with potential partners to start new digital mobility businesses do **t involve Apple or Alphabet, as reported by Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-digital-idUSKCN0XP1E2).
The negotiations follow multiple reports that claim Apple is actively researching and developing an electric vehicle (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/13/apple-working-on-electric-car/) that could enter mass production by 2019 at the earliest (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/21/apple-car-development-speeds-up/). The so-called "Apple Car (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-car/)" team, k**wn as "Project Titan (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/03/13/apple-car-hq-sunnyvale/)" internally, is believed to include hundreds of employees that previously worked at Ford, General Motors (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/19/apple-automotive-team-profile/), Land Rover (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/04/19/tesla-vp-chris-porritt-joined-apple-2015/), Tesla Motors (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/19/apple-automotive-team-profile/), Texas Instruments (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/01/apple-automotive-team-new-hires/), and elsewhere.
Apple also reportedly failed to reach manufacturing partnerships with Daimler and BMW (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/04/20/apple-car-talks-bmw-daimler/).
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Moreover, Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has reportedly indicated that he is open to working with a tech giant, including Alphabet or Apple, in order to build more scale and help offset automotive-related production and development costs.
On the contrary, Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller said that its ongoing discussions with potential partners to start new digital mobility businesses do **t involve Apple or Alphabet, as reported by Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-digital-idUSKCN0XP1E2).
The negotiations follow multiple reports that claim Apple is actively researching and developing an electric vehicle (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/13/apple-working-on-electric-car/) that could enter mass production by 2019 at the earliest (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/21/apple-car-development-speeds-up/). The so-called "Apple Car (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-car/)" team, k**wn as "Project Titan (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/03/13/apple-car-hq-sunnyvale/)" internally, is believed to include hundreds of employees that previously worked at Ford, General Motors (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/19/apple-automotive-team-profile/), Land Rover (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/04/19/tesla-vp-chris-porritt-joined-apple-2015/), Tesla Motors (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/19/apple-automotive-team-profile/), Texas Instruments (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/01/apple-automotive-team-new-hires/), and elsewhere.
Apple also reportedly failed to reach manufacturing partnerships with Daimler and BMW (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/04/20/apple-car-talks-bmw-daimler/).
Related Roundup: Apple Car (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-car/)
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