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Bill Ford is tired of hearing the future of cars belongs to Silicon Valley. Yet for years, the Apple and Google crowd have been telling him that only Big Tech can make driverless vehicles. The Ford Motor Co. executive chairman and great-grandson of auto pioneer Henry Ford said that probably they were “too dumb to get it”. He’s not kidding. Tech giants Apple Inc. and Google, once intent on disrupting, if not destroying, Detroit, have concluded for now that they don’t want to build cars. Sure, they still bank on supplying the autonomous software that will drive robot ride...
Apple has been linked with a shock deal which might cost the company around £1.5bn, but it could possibly buy on this money something really worth it the McLaren Technology Group, the Formula One team owner and supercar maker. Apple is most likely about to make this huge investment in the company. On a question if McLaren is in talks with Apple about a possible purchase, the car brand has denied these rumors, saying a business will always be involved in some confidential conversations with many other companies, but these talks need to be kept confidential, and not disclo...
Do you know which make now can be called as the world's most valuable car brand? Toyota got the title, winning to Mercedes-Benz and BMW once again. Speaking of winners, looks like Tesla makes its way to the top too, being placed for the first time in top 10. This challenge between auto companies is rising each year, while the sales are starting to slow down.According to the Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands Toyota's brand value rose 2% to $29.5 billion. The company made it by continuing its emphasis on improving the customer's experience, and by a consistent raise of its val...
Ride sharing apps that could compete with Uber for example, are one of the current interests of Apple. With sales of iPhones slowing, the company decided to diversify its investments and it will provide about $1 billion for the development of the Chinese-based Didi ride sharing app. Didi materialized last year and it became China’s largest ride sharing app. Additional services provided by Didi include taxi and private car services and even test drives. Apple CEO Tim Cook said they are extremely impressed by the business Didi have built and their excelle...
Google's self-driving car team is determined to move further the experimental stage and is now hiring more people with automotive industry expertise. The operation now employs at least 170 workers, many of whom are software and systems engineers. More than 40 of the new employees have previous automotive industry experience with skills in various fields from exterior design to manufacturing. They come from a wide range of companies, including Tesla Motors Inc., Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. Data about the workers hired by Google are cited from a&n...
