Electric car from Apple: the iPhone is the key to iCar and plans for the charging station

IT-giant Apple has begun to explore possible methods of charging electric vehicles: it was further confirmation of the fact that the company is going to release its own electric car. According to the report, Apple "apparently, lays Foundation of infrastructure associated with electric vehicles.





It is reported that Apple has contacted a number of companies involved in charging stations to discuss their "fundamental technology". It is also said that Cupertino giant is focused on developing vehicles, not only on the organization of charging stations for their employees. The company with which Apple was contacted while are negotiating with considerable caution, as the Corporation is a potential competitor.

Details on all of this yet small, but, according to several profiles on LinkedIn, the company recently hired several engineers previously involved in the technology of charging vehicles.

Also the latest news, indirectly confirming the company's work on the construction of "i-mobile", can be attributed to the newspaper The Guardian that Apple representatives met with the California administration and discussed the use of unmanned vehicles on public roads in this state. Also, recently, the network appeared information that Apple zaregistrirovannykh the electric vehicle domain, including apple.cars, apple.auto and apple.car.

At the beginning of this year, insiders began to talk about some problems, in particular, that Apple ceased to recruit staff, but it was probably just a small hitch and the project was not fully minimized. As stated in one of his interviews, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, now in the USA on the development of electric cars Apple employs hundreds of former engineers from famous brands.

In addition, recently it became known that Apple has patented in the US, the Keyless entry system in a car that runs using your iPhone or any other smartphone. It will allow the driver to unlock doors or remotely starting the engine.





The Keyless entry system can remember your personal settings. Recognizing the approach of man, it is, for example, will automatically adjust seats and multimedia system in accordance with the preferences of the driver.





It is assumed that the owner will be able to "share" access to a machine with a different driver. If iCar detects that the telephone through which the electric car was opened, located at a great distance, the engine will be suppressed.

Serial electric car Apple development project which was called "Titan", is expected to appear by 2020. Its production is planned to start at the facilities of the Austrian Corporation Magna Steyr, which produces cars for MINI, Mercedes-Benz and Peugeot. published

 

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Source: ecotechnica.com.ua/transport/1145-elektromobil-ot-apple-iphone-vmesto-klyucha-k-icar-i-plany-na-zaryadnye-stantsii.html

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