On February 28, the global technology giant Apple came out with a big news, according to the relevant ** broke the news, this Tuesday Apple announced a major decision: abandon the electric vehicle project that has been brewing for ten years, and turn resources and manpower to the direction of AI.
According to another insider of the news, Apple's decision to cancel the electric car plan is Apple CEO Jeff Williams and vice president in charge of the work Kevin Lynch, and the follow-up more than 2,000 employees on the car manufacturing project will either be transferred to the artificial intelligence department or face layoffs.
As soon as this news broke, not only netizens discussed it, but even many industry bigwigs came out to express their views.
First of all, our Xiaomi Lei Jun Lei Zong, people said: I was shocked to see this news! Xiaomi's strategy is "people, cars, and all the ecology", 3 years ago, we made an extremely firm strategic choice, and seriously built a good car for rice noodles.
The second is Xiaopeng Motors CEO He Xiaopeng He Zong, who said: It was also discussed last year that all new entrants will be out in 2024, but except for Apple. Ten years after 2024 to the playoffs and All-Star breaks. But I didn't expect Apple to also play its cards in 2024.
In the face of the departure of potential competitors, Tesla founder Musk rushed to the "melon frontline" for the first time and sent a comfortable expression of "salute" and "cigarette lighting".
In any case, Apple's move has undoubtedly caused a huge shock in the new energy vehicle industry, and has also made more people worry about the prospects of the new energy vehicle industry, especially the Xiaomi su7 that has attracted much attention recently has not yet been listed, there is a feeling of backstabbing by the table, some netizens ridiculed Xiaomi's current voice is: "Say a good white head together, but you secretly baked oil", what do you think about Apple's stop making car projects? Feel free to communicate in the comment area.