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Apple Car Development Speeds Up, 2019 Launch Date Targeted
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Apple is a high-end brand but priced as high-end for the masses. I really foresee $30,000 to undercut Tesla and BMW i3. I even think the $2x,xxx range is possible.
if you didnt know samsung tried to make cars but failed...so...i hope Apple don't go Samsung way to make about everything. We all know at some point an Apple Television will come to life...here i think they can make something strong and with a nice design but with the car is a lot stronger...even with a watch they can make a change in history because Rolex or big luxury watch companies doesn't make smartwatches yet, but bmw,tesla,lexus,vw,toyota already have electric cars for years
How can you lose $200B? Thinking that you, a consumer products company, can enter the car space.
Sir Jonny Boy pissed and moaned that he thought the auto industry had stagnated, just wait until you have 5,000 parts that have to look good, function, and most of all, fit with goverment regulations and crash test standards.
This is going to be such a joke. I hope Apple fails, not because I don't want them to make a car, but just because this isn't their wheelhouse and they need a pretty large, very humbling failure right now. They are a consumer products company, stick with what you know.
Sir Jonny Boy pissed and moaned that he thought the auto industry had stagnated, just wait until you have 5,000 parts that have to look good, function, and most of all, fit with goverment regulations and crash test standards.
This is going to be such a joke. I hope Apple fails, not because I don't want them to make a car, but just because this isn't their wheelhouse and they need a pretty large, very humbling failure right now. They are a consumer products company, stick with what you know.
I'm not sure if this is "Apple". Can you imagine hundreds of of local Apple Repair Shops with Apple Cars lifted high up in the air, sweaty and greasy mechanics repairing broken parts, explaining to customers why they really need that "15,000 mile 4 wheel alignment"?
I want two things from this:
1. The Watch is the only key fob I need to carry.
2. There is an Car Upgrade Program that allows me to trade in my car every year for a new one.
1. The Watch is the only key fob I need to carry.
2. There is an Car Upgrade Program that allows me to trade in my car every year for a new one.
Space Gray 5/4/2 seats - $39,999/$49,999/$59,999
Silver 5/4/2 seats - $39,999/$49,999/$59,999
Gold 5/4/2 seats - $39,999/$49,999/$59,999
Rose Gold 5/4/2 seats - $39,999/$49,999/$59,999
Rose Gold Special Edition - $99,999
You change gears by asking Siri. Siri, let's drive (D). Siri, let's reverse (R).
That's a fun way for your friends to screw with you.
*Driving on the highway*
"Hey Siri, brake and drive in reverse!"
there is not the case...when your car has a problem you will have a refurbished one replacement, just like ipad/iphone warranty program
Geeze. How stupid can you be? That has been proven a fallacy a million times already. And it's so easy to prove. Try doing a little research that involves actual science, rather than the rantings of right-wing oil suckers.
We need to attach magnets to Steve Jobs' corpse and set up some field coils around his grave. The spinning would generate enough energy to charge all the electric cars Apple produces for all eternity. And Tesla too.
Before the iPhone came out people said the same thing. The cars of the future won't be like the cars of today (see Tesla). If companies like Uber and Google are investing in cars why shouldn't Apple? Building a car certainly isn't in either of their wheel houses either.
I'm sure Samsung are eagerly awaiting the introduction so they can quickly release a half-baked clone with lots of shiny.
Take a look at Tesla. Completely different model than a standard car. Very little maintenance as well.
Not this old trope again!
Only 39% of the electricity generated in the US is from coal and that number is going down.Energy production is more efficient in a power plant than it is in a car engine. To use an example with an identical source fuel, burning natural gas in a power plant is about 60% efficient, meaning 40% of the energy of the fuel is lost in the energy production process. In a car, burning gas is less than 25% efficient, with the vast majority of the energy lost to heat. The larger more complex system at a power plant will always be far better at capturing waste heat than a tiny car engine. The increased efficiency means that even a car running purely on coal-generated electricity will emit carbon at the same rate as a gas car that gets 30 miles per gallon—which would be a significantly cleaner-than-average gas car.
Link for the full details.
BTW let me know when you can run a gas car on solar power!
Car OS 2
Err, how do you figure this? Do you have a source?
I thought of this but I'm not sure it makes sense for them to refurbish entire cars. iPad/iPhone are packed so tightly it's difficult to service but a car is a different ballgame.
Well we have until at least 2019 to shed those extra pounds!
I am eagerly awaiting the big reveal. I haven't bought a new car in 23 years. We may get a used car to share between my husband and me since his car is too big to always be using for the weekend and mine is too small for the occasional big school carpools.
But if I retire my old buddy for a new car of my own, it's going to be for something special like my car was back in the day. At the risk of sounding like an Isheeple, I think Apple could produce something very special. And if not, by 2020 someobody will be making something special. The strides being made in high tech autos are impressive already.
However, I'll wait for the second year model. I love my Apple Watch but I don't think I'll be an early adopter for a car. Even my current car was the third generation, I think.
Not this old trope again!
Energy production is more efficient in a power plant than it is in a car engine. To use an example with an identical source fuel, burning natural gas in a power plant is about 60% efficient, meaning 40% of the energy of the fuel is lost in the energy production process. In a car, burning gas is less than 25% efficient, with the vast majority of the energy lost to heat. The larger more complex system at a power plant will always be far better at capturing waste heat than a tiny car engine. The increased efficiency means that even a car running purely on coal-generated electricity will emit carbon at the same rate as a gas car that gets 30 miles per gallon—which would be a significantly cleaner-than-average gas car.
Link for the full details.
BTW let me know when you can run a gas car on solar power!
http://nation.foxnews.com/electric-cars/2012/02/15/study-electric-cars-pollute-more-gasoline-cars
but what will people do with all their apple stickers when this comes out?
Are you really comparing a personal electronics company releasing a personal electronics device to a personal electronics company releasing a car?
1 - Lets start with throwing out the gas tank and ICE and replace it with a battery and motor.
2 - Do away with the driver - have the car drive itself.
Tesla did #1 several years ago and says they'll be 90% done with #2 by the end of this year. They said they'll be 99% done by the end of next year and that by the end of 2017, the car will be completely self-driving in all situations.
So if Apple releases a car that requires a driver in 2019, even if it uses a battery and motor instead of a gas tank and ICE, it'll still be a car of the past rather than a car of the future.
Apple needs to be a lot more aggressive with this if they want to beat Tesla at it.
Buying Tesla instead of doing it from scratch makes a lot more sense in my mind.