# Apple moving one step closer to EV launch?
**URL:** https://community.electricforum.com/t/apple-moving-one-step-closer-to-ev-launch/6055
**Category:** EV Small Talk
**Created:** [May 14, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/apple-moving-one-step-closer-to-ev-launch/6055 "2016-05-14T22:45:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@tmark938](https://community.electricforum.com/u/tmark938)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/apple-moving-one-step-closer-to-ev-launch/6055/1 "2016-05-14T22:45:54Z")
It is an open secret that Apple is working on its own EV which we could see sooner rather than later. Has a $1 billion investment in China’s version of Uber brought that dream one step closer?
Full story:-
> **[Apple invests $1bn in Didi Chuxing, China's Uber rival](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/13/apple-didi-chuxing-china-uber-rival)**
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> Tim Cook says investment – single largest ever in Chinese ride-hailing service – allows Apple to learn more about the market there
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### Author:  [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/apple-moving-one-step-closer-to-ev-launch/6055/2 "2016-05-14T23:11:42Z")
Surely Apple and Tesla would be a merger made in heaven?
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### Author:  [@lookingforannev](https://community.electricforum.com/u/lookingforannev)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2016, 8:10am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/apple-moving-one-step-closer-to-ev-launch/6055/3 "2016-05-16T08:10:34Z")
I wish Steve Jobs was still around - I think he would have merged with his friend Elon Musk’s company for the good of the industry.