Another Wild Rumor surfaces claiming that Apple and Kia are close to a deal for a US$3.6 Billion Vehicle Plant in Georgia
2021 has certainly started with a bang when it comes to Project Titan rumors. Yesterday a major report broke that Apple had hired Dr. Manfred Harrer, a VP from Porsche AG. If true, it marks a major development in the history of Apple s ambitions of bringing Apple branded electric vehicles to market.
Reports of Apple considering expanding into vehicles have led to speculation on potential manufacturing partners. The technology giant’s car-development work is still at an early stage, and the company will take at least half a decade to launch an autonomous EV, people with knowledge of the efforts have told Bloomberg News.
Report: Apple Poaches Porsche’s Head Of Cayenne For Project Titan
Harrer is not the only one from Porsche who has joined Apple.
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He will likely have a role in the development of chassis of the Apple Car
The Apple Car project has been picking up steam in the last 6 months
The chatter about the Apple Car is getting louder by the day. Now reportedly, Apple has snagged a big fish from Porsche - Dr Manfred Harrer, the VP in charge of the Cayenne and chassis development boss, as per a report by Business Insider. The report doesn t outline the role Harrer will play, but it is clear he will have something to do with the chassis of the Apple Car that has been dubbed Project Titan internally at the Cupertino-based company. Harrer was formerly an engineer at Audi, which is a sister company of Porsche. Then he went to BMW where he was an expert for steering wheel systems. By 2016, he was back at the Volkswagen group in his most recent role as the boss of the Porsch
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A new report says that Apple poached a top Porsche engineer to work on its Apple Car.
Dr. Manfred Harrer was previously the boss of Porsche s Cayenne project and was considered one of the best engineers at VW.
A new report says that Apple poached one of Porsche s top engineers to work on its Apple Car project.
Apple is serious. Seven years after CEO Tim Cook commissioned the secret Titan project, the mysterious iCar is now taking shape. According to Business Insider research, the Americans poached the long-standing head of chassis development at Porsche to build their own car. Cayenne boss Dr. Manfred Harrer (48) was considered one of the best engineers in the Volkswagen Group.
Is Apple getting into large-scale EV making with Kia?
The South Korean daily newspaper
DongA Ilbo reported the news, however without naming sources. There is talk of about four trillion won in the article, which corresponds to about 3.6 billion dollars or the three billion euros. They also said that the Apple vehicles could be built at the Kia plant in the US state of Georgia from 2024. The initial plan is to produce 100,000 electric cars annually. Kia and Apple could sign a corresponding contract on 17 February.
Neither Kia representatives in Seoul nor Apple wanted to comment on the information to
Bloomberg.