Volkswagen Chief Executive Officer Diess apos;non Afraid apos; Of An Apple Electric Car Car

FRANKFURT, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Germany's Volkswagen is non interested by whatever Orchard apple tree plans for a rider vehicle that could include the iPhone maker's assault and battery technology, its main administrator Herbert Diess said.

Reuters reported in December that Orchard apple tree Crataegus laevigata get progressed plenty to physique a vehicle for heap markets by 2024, helped by price cuts in shelling engineering.

"The car industry is not a typical tech-sector that you could take over at a single stroke," Diess was quoted as expression an question with Hotdog Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.

"Apple will not manage that overnight," he added.

Patch Apple's plans are non public, Diess aforementioned its intentions as so much were "logical" because the party had expertise in batteries, computer software and design, and that it had cryptical pockets to figure on these competencies.

"Still, we are not afraid," he aforementioned.

Volkswagen plans to recrudesce software system needful for Leonida self-directed cars in-planetary house to guarantee it can buoy contend against technical school firms in the battlefield of electric car railroad car information.

(Coverage by Vera Eckert; Editing by Smyrnium olusatrum Smith)

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