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09-21-2016, 07:21 PM
Apple is reportedly talking to luxury carmaker McLaren about potential acquisition
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Looking for a luxury car with billionaire doors? Apple may be your new dealer.*
The tech giant has been in talks with McLaren Tech**logy Group, the manufacturer of Formula 1 race cars and luxury sports cars, for a potential acquisition or strategic investment, the Financial Times reported (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/523422ba-7ffd-11e6-8e50-8ec15fb462f4.html?siteedition=intl#axzz4Ktvr0PMb) Wednesday, citing three a**nymous sources familiar with the matter.*
The news comes just two weeks after reports that Apple had been backing away from plans to make its own self-driving cars. Apple had laid off dozens of employees involved and ended parts of the project, according to The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/10/tech**logy/apple-is-said-to-be-rethinking-strategy-on-self-driving-cars.html). Proceeding reports (http://qz.com/778672/apple-aapl-may-be-quitting-the-race-for-self-driving-cars/) speculated that Apple was focusing on building software and efficient batteries instead.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/21/apple-mclaren-acquisition/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Looking for a luxury car with billionaire doors? Apple may be your new dealer.*
The tech giant has been in talks with McLaren Tech**logy Group, the manufacturer of Formula 1 race cars and luxury sports cars, for a potential acquisition or strategic investment, the Financial Times reported (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/523422ba-7ffd-11e6-8e50-8ec15fb462f4.html?siteedition=intl#axzz4Ktvr0PMb) Wednesday, citing three a**nymous sources familiar with the matter.*
The news comes just two weeks after reports that Apple had been backing away from plans to make its own self-driving cars. Apple had laid off dozens of employees involved and ended parts of the project, according to The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/10/tech**logy/apple-is-said-to-be-rethinking-strategy-on-self-driving-cars.html). Proceeding reports (http://qz.com/778672/apple-aapl-may-be-quitting-the-race-for-self-driving-cars/) speculated that Apple was focusing on building software and efficient batteries instead.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/21/apple-mclaren-acquisition/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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