Liu suggested Apple 1 billion yuan investment reasons: drops and Apple customer base height of coincidence-drop in China, Liu Qing, Apple-IT information

May 18 Beijing time news, foreign media reports, Apple (hereinafter "Apple") $ 1 billion investment in China took a taxi drops the real reason remains a mystery, and drop President Liu Qing said in an interview, appeared to give some hints.

Liu Qing said in a CNBC interview, said: "We highly coincide with Apple's customer base in China. Our drivers and passengers are using Apple products and services, such as the iPhone and iPad. ”

Liu also said that China took a taxi the potential size of the market than the United States. At present, the drops every day in Beijing's orders 5~6 times the amount equivalent to the entire New York taxi market. At present, the average daily traffic of about 1.1 billion in China, and drops daily orders only 1%, so the market potential is huge.

In order to better serve our users, Liu believes that technology is essential. She said in an interview: "we are most concerned about at present is technology. How to better match supply and demand, including vehicles, drivers and passengers. ”

Obviously, Apple may want to fill this gap. Apple may have a lot of cooperation with drops, but the most basic is to drop travel provides the equipment, software and services, such as Apple map (Apple Maps).

In addition, the industry generally believe Apple is working on electric cars, and probably is a self-driving car. For drops of travel sales self-driving cars are also a lucrative business.

Drops announced over the weekend, has been Apple's strategic investment of us $ 1 billion. Liu said, the two sides met for the first time on April 20 at Apple Headquarters this year, then with "lightning speed" investment agreement is reached.

Apple CEO Tim Cook (Tim Cook) said: "this investment for a number of strategic considerations. For example, to better understand some Chinese industries. ”

For that investment, some analysts say, apples in a move to woo the Chinese market. There are analysts, Apple is wanted in iPhone sales downturn, its entertainment push and payment services to drop 300 million Chinese users.

柳青暗示苹果10亿元投资原因：滴滴和苹果在中国客户群高度重合 - 滴滴,柳青,苹果 - IT资讯

北京时间5月18日晚间消息，国外媒体报道，苹果公司(以下简称“苹果”)10亿美元投资中国打车应用滴滴出行的真正原因至今仍是个谜，而滴滴出行总裁柳青日前在接受采访时似乎给出了一些暗示。

柳青日前在接受CNBC采访时称：“我们与苹果在中国的客户群高度重合。我们的司机和乘客都在使用苹果的产品和服务，如iPhone和iPad。”

柳青还称，中国打车市场的潜在规模比美国还要大。当前，滴滴出行每天在北京的订单量相当于整个纽约打车应用市场的5~6倍。目前，中国的日均出行量约11亿次，而滴滴出行每日订单量仅为其中的1%，因此市场潜力还很巨大。

为了更好地服务用户，柳青认为技术至关重要。她在采访中称：“我们当前最关注的就是技术。如何才能更好地匹配供与求，包括车辆、司机和乘客。”

很明显，苹果可能希望来填补这一空白。苹果与滴滴出行合作的方式可能有很多，但最基本的应该是为滴滴出行提供其设备、软件和服务，如苹果地图(Apple Maps)。

此外，业界普遍认为苹果正在开发电动汽车，而且很可能是自动驾驶汽车。而面向滴滴出行销售自动驾驶汽车也是一项利润丰厚的业务。

滴滴出行上周末宣布，已获得苹果10亿美元的战略投资。柳青当时称，双方今年4月20日在苹果总部进行了首次会晤，随后便以“闪电般的速度”达成投资协议。

而苹果CEO蒂姆·库克(Tim Cook)只是称：“这笔投资出于多种战略因素考虑。例如，能更好地了解中国的某些行业。”

对于这笔投资，有分析师认为，苹果此举旨在示好中国市场。也有分析师为，苹果是希望在iPhone销量低迷之际，将其娱乐和支付服务推送给滴滴出行的3亿中国用户。