I seriously doubt actual car makers are worried about a computer company disrupting their market. What exactly is Apple working on? This is vapor ware right now.You know exactly what I mean, they’re working on it
I seriously doubt actual car makers are worried about a computer company disrupting their market. What exactly is Apple working on? This is vapor ware right now.You know exactly what I mean, they’re working on it
They should be worried. You forget how strong the Apple ecosystem can be.I seriously doubt actual car makers are worried about a computer company disrupting their market. What exactly is Apple working on? This is vapor ware right now.
No, the AirPods Max case 2.0.What's with the art? Is this Apple Panties?
I think Gurman is frustrated more people aren’t taking him seriously when he tells every one for the upteenth time that the Apple car is still far in the distance ahead. He’s been shutting down 2022-2025 rumors left and right as of late. Maybe he’s hoping some dramatics will help it sink in. I agree that one person isn’t going to break the project. No one is irreplaceable, as they say.Gurman seems to be pulling the drama cord a little too tightly in those Tweets.
Very doubtful this one person would sink the entire project, at least IMO.
I think his point is, if the car was about to arrive in the next year or 3, then there is no way an exec would jump ship this close to glory. Unless, that is, he knows it will be an embarrassing lemon.Gurman seems to be pulling the drama cord a little too tightly in those Tweets.
Very doubtful this one person would sink the entire project, at least IMO.
If you need car anytime soon, get a Tesla…
I was worried when Apple was rumored to be talking to Toyota, who has gone absolutely nowhere with EVs
Nobody credible thinks it will be anytime soon. Kuo believes 2025 to 2027 at the earliest.I think Gurman is frustrated more people aren’t taking him seriously when he tells every one for the upteenth time that the Apple car is still far in the distance ahead. He’s been shutting down 2022-2025 rumors left and right as of late. Maybe he’s hoping some dramatics will help it sink in. I agree that one person isn’t going to break the project. No one is irreplaceable, as they say.
They are having trouble with the folding windshield.Where’s the Samsung car already? Usually when a rumor is going this hard, Samsung jumps the gun and tries to get there first
you could say the same for jim keller, he bounced around like crazy too from apple, tesla, amd, intel.Sounds like he wasn’t that good for the company if he bounces around so much. Looks like he’ll change jobs at the drop of a higher paycheck… what is his legacy exactly if he’s only touched a given project for 3 years tops?
Apple Car does not exist so how are they disrupting the car market?
Yeah, that move to Michigan is probably going to cost them dearly.Not good. He must have been offered an excellent compensation at Ford to make the move.
This is true, and sometimes, it's good for a project for the "big guy" to leave. It lets others have a chance to step up.Not bad either, LOL. People come and go – one person does not a project make.
Well if he shares secrets, then I hope it also pays enough to compensate him for all the time he'll spend in courtrooms and in jail for breaking NDAs and sensitive information agreements! Because if it's one thing that Apple will pay up for, it's legal representation.they probably paid him enough to share all the secrets.
I agree. Detroit always (and I do mean ALWAYS) starts slipping and making bad (and even dangerous!) vehicles whenever they think they have no competition.I hope Apple stay the course and introduce a full vehicle, instead of falling back to just producing an OS to run one.
Human transportation would benefit greatly from Apple's influence and competition.
This is not your grandpappy's economy. People change jobs a lot more often. Companies won't show loyalty to employees.Sounds like he wasn’t that good for the company if he bounces around so much. Looks like he’ll change jobs at the drop of a higher paycheck… what is his legacy exactly if he’s only touched a given project for 3 years tops?
This is probably right on target.Given the short time frame of 3 years, he probably saw a stagnant project and decided to jump ship.
At his level, money likely isn't the primary motivator, but rather intrinsic motivation. It's doing challenging projects that you enjoy and the satisfaction seeing those projects come through.
Yep, you said it.That would land him in court. No company, least of all Apple, wants their former employees to reveal trade secrets. He would have had to sign a confidentiality agreement that bars exactly that situation.
Right. At some level, it's not about the money. It's about the challenge and the opportunity to make not just a difference, but a HUGE wave of change.He was at Segway for 9 years. Apple for 5 years. Tesla for 5 years.
You're wrong about the paycheck. Some really outstanding engineers don't stay if they don't see a challenge. Jim Keller is one of the legends that designed A4/A5. He jumped between AMD, P.A. Semi, Apple, Tesla, and Intel.
The established phone industry like Nokia, Motorola, or BlackBerry will never accept a leadership of Apple...Many others like Google/Alphabet have the chance to establish an outstanding automized e-car – Apple should concentrate on other topics of competence.
Google Maps is far more better performing than Apple Maps and this is one key stone for a success in developing a new e-car whatever size it will have.
The established car industry like Toyota, VW or Ford, Fiat/Chrysler will never accept a leadership of Apple in computing their new e-car generations – NEVER!
Could be, but maybe not likely at his level.Or just decent treatment as employee and privacy.
Maybe not as privacy-focused as it once was. Time will tell.This is a really crushing blow for those of us who are hungering for a privacy-focused self-driving car powered by Apple Maps and Siri.
Not necessarily. But sometimes leaving is the right thing to do.Staying with one company for your entire career is complacent.
Probably not gonna happen with President Biden in office.I'm just hoping Ford still puts the Godzilla V8 in a Mustang and if I am dreaming supercharge it with a factory H pipe and racing cams.
Toyota is ALWAYS planning for the future. They began working on the first Prius in the early 1990s (they knew the batteries and computers would need the most work), announced it to the public in 1995, and put it on sale in Japan in 1997.Not a bad move by Toyota. Toyota I’m sure is planning for the future.
Not so much of a niche market here and now in a time of Covid and working from home. But your point is well made.Right now EVs are a niche market. Battery range. Charging access. Slow charging. Etc. No doubt it will improve in the future.
I didn't know that "battery anxiety" was a thing, but I guess it would be.It’s funny to hear my friend with his Tesla tell me his “battery anxiety” stories he gets around town.
I would totally despise having to sit at a charger on a long trip.And how on his trips to Vegas from LA he’s gotta wait over an hour at Primms Tesla station to get enough juice to make it to Vegas.
Prius is great. You should buy another one! I really think you need at least two of them in different colors.Until it’s ready for prime time my Prius does the job fine. Yea that’s right people. I have a Prius!
Yep, totally on point.Some people switch companies because that is the only way to "fire your boss." You get tied of the direction your boss takes and want to do different. Of course you can't technically fire Tim Cook if you work for him but you CAN move and work at a company that actually does make and sell cars.
Think about if you wanted to design and build cars, were hired to do that and then the boss decides they would rather contract the actual making of the cars to Toyota (or Kia) and just put on Apple logos, Apple colors and Apple entertainment systems.
But you know 100% for sure that Ford will actually make cars.
That could have happened, but after just 3 years, maybe not so much. I like the alternative explanation above.Companies do at times “let people go” at his tier - amicably- that aren’t necessarily “producing”. Instead of, “now the Apple car is doomed”, his tenure may have been part of the problem, and a sign of a coming shift.