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Kia Motors Shares Jump After Report Apple to Invest $3.6 Billion

The iPhone maker plans to set up production with Kia and build Apple cars at the automaker’s facility in Georgia, U.S., DongA Ilbo reported, without citing anyone. The companies may sign a deal on Feb. 17 and aim to introduce Apple cars in 2024, according to the newspaper, which said they have an initial target to produce 100,000 autos a year.

 

[BanditLover]

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Kia Motors Shares Jump After Report Apple to Invest $3.6 Billion

As a Georgia resident, wow, this would be amazing. Imagine an electric and Apple version of the Telluride. I'm all in on that one!

 

[Promethus78]

Didn't apple pull this a couple a years ago, and then they realized how hard it is to build cars and that you can't just abandon customers when the next IOs or model comes out.

 

[BanditLover]

That sounds right so I think this time Apple may be buying a large interest in Kia worth almost $4B. Kia is already changing marketing and branding to sound more Apple'ish. Time will tell...........

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[RogersMJ]

Didn't apple pull this a couple a years ago, and then they realized how hard it is to build cars and that you can't just abandon customers when the next IOs or model comes out.

I think that's probably why they're partnering with an automaker who actually knows what's involved. They kind of did the same thing with Motorola in the '00s to learn the ins and outs of the cell phone industry, so they knew exactly what they were getting into when they blew it up a few years later with the iPhone

And for the record, Apple has much longer support lifecycles than virtually anyone else in the consumer tech sector.

 

[Husker Soze]

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Kia Motors Shares Jump After Report Apple to Invest $3.6 Billion

The New company will be called iKIA

 

[Promethus78]

The New company will be called iKIA

At least apple would do something useful with UVO

 

[ernysan]

Should I start selling that badge??




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[Tellmeride]

Expect your 2024 iCar to become obsolete in 2025.

The New company will be called iKIA

And the iCar will be cheaply made, but looks good, and you have to assemble it yourself.

 

[Promethus78]

Service technicians will now be referred to at "Service Geniuses", and it will be an additional $89.95 to talk to an actual person

 

[ernysan]

Instead of SX-P they will call Pro-Max

 

[Promethus78]

Well, that idea died awfully quick. I guess apple realized it is still crazy hard and expensive to build cars

Apple Car Deal Is Now Dead, Say Hyundai And Kia As They Lose $8.5 Billion Market Value | Carscoops

The Hyundai Motor Group announced that it is no longer in talks with the tech giant

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[ernysan]

Aawww

 

[drizzt]

Apple was expecting a Foxconn from Hyundai, but supposedly Hyundai is the one backed out of the deal. Hyundai is about to launch its own e-GMP platform cars (Ioniq series), a byproduct of their heavy investment on Rimac. Hyundai wanted a partnership with Apple but what Apple wanted was a subcontractor like Foxconn. There was nothing for Hyundai to gain from this partnership.