It is reported that Apple is investigating charging station of electric car

ByHåkan Dahlström

Many media have been "Apple is developing a car"However, newly," Apple is investigating the charging method of electric cars "ReutersIt reports.

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From around 2015, Silicon Valley began to be rumored that "Apple is developing electric vehicles". Currently, Apple seems to be focusing on the development of its infrastructure and related software to release its own electric cars, Reuters said. And now, in this foundation foundation, Apple is trying to tackle "a battery charging" which is a major drawback of electric vehicles.

A disadvantage of charging stations in public places is that they have to wait several hours to charge the electric car. Apple sees this as an opportunity, and it is clarified by a leak from an information source that designing a deformed home appliance with a simple design.

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According to this information, Apple is currently working on the development of automatic driving electric vehicles to get a new income source to replace the iPhone. And it seems that they are keeping in touch with companies currently operating electric car charging stations. It is currently unknown whether Apple will make a charging station using patented technology like Tesla's supercharger network or will make a compatible charging station with other electric vehicles. It is said that companies that supply charging stations for electric vehicles have refused any comments on this matter, either because they have a confidentiality agreement with Apple.

There are Car Charging Group, ChargePoint, SemaConnect, ClipperCreek, Black & Veatch, AECOM, General Electric, Siemens, Delta Electronics, etc. as companies that conduct electric car charging station business.

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Also, to summarize the leak information so far, Apple already has at least four experts on charging electric cars. One is Ronan O Braonain, former BMW engineer, he seems to be an engineer who has been developing about how to connect home energy systems and electric cars. In addition, in January 2016, Apple hired Nan Liu, who was researching wireless charging of electric vehicles. In addition, he hired Kurt Adelberger, Google charging technology expertinformationCame out in May 2016.

Although Apple has not admitted to publicly working on automobile development, Jeff Williams, senior vice president, said in a Code Conference held in May 2015, "Automobile is the ultimate mobile Is not it a device? "Talking, Suggesting the possibility of car development.

In addition, data on investment in Apple's R & D invested by Above Avalon operated by Mr. Neil Cybart, former Wall Street analyst, is as follows. Looking at this, Apple's research and development investment has increased dramatically around the third quarter of 2014, which is the result of Apple's automotive development project "TitanIt is considered to be an investment in.