BMW manager: could imagine partnerships with IT firms

Reuters

Published Jul 01, 2015 10:02AM ET

BMW manager: could imagine partnerships with IT firms

MUNICH (Reuters) - BMW is open to building cars for other companies such as Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) or Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), the automaker's production chief said on Wednesday, adding that there are currently no such talks.

"We live in a world of partnerships," Oliver Zipse said in response to a question put to him at during a panel discussion about whether BMW could imagine building a car for a software or computer company such as Apple.

"We hold regular talks with companies from the telecommunications and IT industry, including Apple, about vehicle connectivity topics, BMW Connected Drive," Zipse added in a statement emailed to Reuters.