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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Gwi-won Lee = The US economic media said that Apple’s CEO Tim Cook (60), who had a rumor of cooperation with major global automakers, made an implicit remark on self-driving cars. CNBC broadcast reported on the 5th (local time).
According to this, in an interview with the New York Times (NYT) podcast’Sway’, which aired that day, CEO Cook said, “Self-driving cars are robots. There are many things that can be done autonomously, and we will see what Apple does.” Revealed.
“We’re working on a lot of things internally, and many of them haven’t seen the light,” Cook stressed. “I’m not saying that (but) some things won’t (can’t see the light).”
“We like to integrate hardware, software, and services, and find the intersection of things that’magic’ happens,” Cook said.
CNBC said that when asked if Apple was working on automobiles or vehicle-related technologies, Cook avoided making specific comments, but assessed that the remarks on the day were implicit remarks related to self-driving cars.
Until now, discussions and suspension of cooperation regarding Apple’s’Apple Car’ with major global automakers, including Hyundai Motor Company and Kia, continued. On February 8th, Hyundai Motor Company and Kia drew a line saying, “We are not discussing the development of autonomous vehicles with Apple.”
Mr. Cook refused to hold a meeting on the merger, saying, “I contacted Tim Cook (Apple chief executive) to discuss the possibility of Apple’s acquisition of Tesla,” said Elon Musk, CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla, on Twitter last December. Regarding what he said he did, he said he had not had any conversations with Musk.
“I have a lot of respect and respect for what Tesla has achieved. Tesla has been doing the incredible job of maintaining it for a long time as well as building the lead in electric vehicles.”
As for his future career, Cook said, “It’s very good right now, and there’s no visible point of view,” and “the 10 years (as CEO) have been a long time. Maybe not an additional 10 years.”
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