After determining their presence on smartphones, TV, audio devices, and others, Giants Tech wants to get into the new category – cars.
Rumors about Apple working on a car have made a short round.
Even Xiaomi worked on his first car and now the founders and CEOs have confirmed certain developments around it.
According to a report by Gizmo China, Lei Jun, founder and CEO of Xiaomi held a question and answer session at Weibo, a popular social media platform in China.
During the session, Lei Jun said that Xiaomi will launch its first car in 2024.
Previously projected to be launched in 2026.
Earlier this year, Xiaomi officially announced its ev-electric vehicle – unit.
Last week, the company said that was working to establish plants in China.
According to the report, the factory will have the capacity of producing 3 lakh electric vehicles every year.
The report has suggested that Xiaomi plan to invest close to $ 10 billion on the plan of its electric vehicle.
Lei Jun said that the company had more than 10,000 people working on project research and development.
Lei Jun will lead the company’s car division too.
He was asked on Weibo whether the car plan would change the Xiaomi approach to the telephone.
He said that the phone would be the core Xiaomi business.
Another technological giant that is rumored to be working on a smart electric car is Oppo.
However, details about the Oppo plan for a rare segment.
Apple also never mentioned openly the plan of his car but rumors about it refused to leave.
In an interview earlier this year, CEO of Apple Tim Cook was asked about autonomous cars and what Apple plans.
Cook said, “The autonomy itself is core technology, in my view.
If you kind of retreat, the car, in many ways, is a robot.
Autonomous cars are robots.
And there are many things you can do with autonomy.
And we will see what we will see Apple did.
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