According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple plans to release in 2019 electric car under its own brand. Indirect confirmation of the fact that the "Apple" Corporation working on the car, is the activity of Apple in the past year: she was actively employed employees of Tesla and other companies connected with the automotive industry.

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According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple plans to release in 2019 electric car under its own brand. Indirect confirmation of the fact that the "Apple" Corporation working on the car, is the activity of Apple in the past year: she was actively employed employees of Tesla and other companies connected with the automotive industry.

according to the publication, Apple is planning in the near future to significantly increase the staff working in the unit responsible for the creation of the car: from 600 to 1,800 people. The team that is working on electric vehicles, featured, codenamed Titan.

the WSJ notes that a number of questions remain open. In particular, it is unclear exactly who are directly involved in the production of cars. Obviously, it will not be a long term partner of Apple contract manufacturer Foxconn electronics. There is also the issue of creating a network of dealer showrooms in the same style Tesla (but Apple may use the services of existing networks). And the obvious question is to tight deadlines, for which the Corporation from Cupertino has planned to release their own car.

we will Remind, last week the Guardian reported on a possible upcoming announcement of the Apple car. Such conclusions were made after the visit of officials of the company to the office of the transportation Department of California.