San Francisco: The Head of Apple’s Global Battery Development, Ahn Soonho, has moved to Volkswagen to lead the development of electric vehicle batteries, according to its LinkedIn profile.
This is the second time in recent months that Apple’s executive has gone for car makers.
Apple lost his head project, Doug Field, to Ford Motor in September.
Ahn this month became the Chief Technology Officer in the distribution of the Volkswagen Group component battery, according to the LinkedIn profile.
In 2018, Apple has hired Ahn, a former executive in the Samsung SDI generation battery division.
Apple uses a battery not only on its cellphone and laptop, but an electric vehicle is being developed.
Industrial sources told Reuters last year that Apple aims to launch electric cars with advanced battery technology in 2024.
Apple refused to comment while Ahn and Volkswagen did not have direct comments.
When asked about whether Apple plans to develop batteries and screens at home as for chips, CEO of Apple Tim Cook in October, “I don’t want to rule anything.” “It’s more than whether we see our path or not to do something that is better,” he said during a conference call.
Apple Inc.
talks with Catl and BYD through battery supplies for planned electric vehicles are mostly stopped after suppliers refuse to build plants A.S.
which solely filled the technology giant, three people with the knowledge of the discussion told Reuters in September.
Volkswagen has described an ambitious plan to build six battery plants throughout Europe with partners at the end of the decade, – the key to its vision to overtake Tesla Inc.
as a world leader in an electric vehicle.