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Apple Car Development Speeds Up, 2019 Launch Date Targeted
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of cars.
M.G. Siegler @mgsiegler 36m 36 minutes ago San Francisco, CA
Apple Car project is worst kept secret in Bay Area. There are more people working on it than work at almost every startup.
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Apple Car project is worst kept secret in Bay Area. There are more people working on it than work at almost every startup.
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Seems pretty easy, put a bigger battery in an i3 (which there is easily room for) and you have a winner. Oh and modify the exterior slightly so its not so ugly. If they could reduce the price a bit that would be good as well but with the bigger battery even if they can keep the price the same as the i3 it would be fine. Hopefully government incentives still exist in 2019. Also Electric cars don't need to look like they came from the future (ugly)
HobeSoundDarryl
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Quoting Fox news? Fox news should be renamed Republican News to better fit it's "fair & balanced" reporting (not that a Democratic News channel would be any better). I can't recall EVER seeing anything on Fox news that wasn't biased toward one side of some topic. It's all editorial opinions instead of objective news IMO. But that is a great way to have screaming matches on every program... which does seem to keep the viewers watching (so the commercials revenue can be maximized).
A person with enough cash to buy an electric car- especially one from Apple- probably has enough cash to install enough solar panels on the roof to hardly lean on the local utility for power- whatever it's source. The premium that Apple will likely demand for it's electric car will probably be a multiple of what it would cost to put enough panels up to power someone's entire house and their car, reducing the use of whatever fossil or nuclear fuels push electricity to their home.
HobeSoundDarryl
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I think that's what this is actually about- the bean counters want to eliminate the cost of producing Apple stickers.
like it matters where it comes from, its all owned by people that socialize together anyways.
here, take it from somewhere that you think has better point of view
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/16/electric-cars-environment_n_6329186.html
ps good luck with driving around with solar panels on your roof, i cant - its where i put the family pet when i go on vacations
Will Apple be making refrigerators and microwaves next?
LOL
And inb4 Samsung follows this. Then Microsoft will introduce a skateboard/scooter hybrid, everyone will rip it. Apple will come up with one a few years later, and everyone will loose their minds.
LOL
And inb4 Samsung follows this. Then Microsoft will introduce a skateboard/scooter hybrid, everyone will rip it. Apple will come up with one a few years later, and everyone will loose their minds.
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You change gears by asking Siri. Siri, let's drive (D). Siri, let's reverse (R).
Luckily Jony Ive is likely to be co-desgining this, so I doubt this'd be an issue.
- Available for purchase in Apple stores or on Apple.com
- $99 test drive and tour of Apple car delivered to your door
- All technology features as standard (significantly less up-selling for kit over traditional car manufacturers)
- Choice of several interiors materials and looks and exterior car colours. Bespoke interior colours/materials at additional cost
- Fully electric vehicle with free use of Tesla supercharger stations
- Branded One
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Mr. Cook?? JUST BUY TESLA
Apple is speeding up development on its electric car project, reports The Wall Street Journal, giving it a "committed project" label and targeting 2019 as a prospective shipping date. To facilitate a faster launch, Apple will be greatly expanding the number of people working on the car.Apple has already been aggressively hiring for its car project, poaching employees from companies like Ford, General Motors, Tesla, Volkswagen, and more. Many of its recent hires have expertise in connected and autonomous vehicle systems.
The BMW i3, which Apple reportedly considered using as a base for the Apple Car
Though there have been indications suggesting Apple is exploring autonomous vehicles as part of its car project, The Wall Street Journal's sources say the first car Apple releases will not be driverless, with that functionality perhaps coming at a later date.
There have been also other signs pointing towards expanded work on the car project. In May, Apple began looking into secure facilities in the Bay Area where a prototype could be tested, reportedly meeting up with officials at GoMentum Station, a secure test facility for connected and autonomous vehicles. Apple also met with DMV officials in August to discuss California's autonomous vehicle regulations.
It remains unclear if Apple will develop its "Apple Car" from the ground up or if it will team up with an existing auto manufacturer. Rumors have suggested Apple has held discussions with BMW over a potential partnership that would see the BMW i3 used as the basis for the Apple Car, but those talks have reportedly not progressed into a deal.
The Wall Street Journal warns that Apple's 2019 target date might not be the date in which Apple will actually ship the car, instead suggesting it could point towards the date that engineers confirm the main features of the product. It's also possible that given the scope of the project there could be delays, with "people familiar with the project" expressing skepticism that 2019 is a reasonable target date.
In an interview with Stephen Colbert last week, Tim Cook was asked about the car project, but he unsurprisingly avoided the question with a vague statement. "We look at a number of things along the way, and we decide to really put our energies on a few of those," he said.
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And holiday season 2016 Apple under Tim Cook will release the amazing and beautiful designed Apple Dishwasher with a simple yet purposeful element of simplicity in an series 7000 aluminium handcrafted encasing.
Carplay is still relatively new. They just started building it into new cars last year. People don't buy a new car every year to get better support for their iPhones. I think you need to be a bit more patient on this one...
That and, jams, pastas, toilet paper, etc. etc. etc.
... They need to fix what they've already broke... And god help you if the car is as buggy as most of Apple's first releases...
for those of you thinking - if this thing really does see the light of day - that its going to be $3X,XXX or even $2X,XXX - you're out of your gourd. This will be $80k+, this is Apple, who charges close to $20k for a lousy watch.
