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Apple Hiring Autonomous Vehicle Experts, Including Tesla Engineer Now Working on 'Special Projects'
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Where there's smoke there's fire so they're definitely building an EV.
What it can do and look like is anyone's guess at this point. However I have a pretty good feeling they will use Tesla's patents and use their Superchargers and even possibly by battery cells from them. Tesla has the best battery cell systems for cars in the world. Don't forget, they had meetings with Tesla last year. Not about buying Tesla (as most people thought), it was about the Gigafactory and being able to buy batteries from them instead of importing. Watch and see
What it can do and look like is anyone's guess at this point. However I have a pretty good feeling they will use Tesla's patents and use their Superchargers and even possibly by battery cells from them. Tesla has the best battery cell systems for cars in the world. Don't forget, they had meetings with Tesla last year. Not about buying Tesla (as most people thought), it was about the Gigafactory and being able to buy batteries from them instead of importing. Watch and see
I'm not sure it'll be an autonomous car, or even an electric car. I envision a hybrid is more likely with tech from Tesla like another poster surmised. And if it's anything like the iPad or Apple Watch, Apple is probably closer to a revealing than anyone thinks. Many suggest at least five, with some saying more than a decade. If recent speculation/reports are accurate, I think it could be as little as a few years. Especially if Apple partners with an existing luxury manufacturer. Think the Motorola Rokr -- just a lot more tech and input from Apple.
If they would buy Tesla, i can't imagine what would happen
I think the beats purchase is really understandable, now they promote them as their own brand. Lets be honest the quality isn't that bad when you compare to other brands like Bose or Sony. (not talking about Senheizer, AT, ..)Not even sure Elon would sell no matter what...
http://www.letmewikipediathatforyou.com/?q=interaction designer
You have a point though. If it's only CarPlay why did "Tim Cook and other senior Apple executives" visit the BMW i3 production facility?
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Car makers are increasingly using touch screen interfaces, which is stupid when you have to look at them to press on the correct position. Not the thing you want to be doing when driving. Maybe Apple have cracked the car interface?
Bad battery? All Apple devices with internal batteries are known to have the best battery life compared to any competition. But all battery performance degrades over time so maybe it's time for you to get a new phone.
I swear, if Apple doesn't come out with an Apple Car or something along the lines in the upcoming few years.... They'll have a lot to answer for poaching all these car engineers, and disproportionately raising their salaries/demand from a project that never surfaced.
I know it's all legal and capitalism at its glory, but I'm just speaking from the gut.
I know it's all legal and capitalism at its glory, but I'm just speaking from the gut.
Sure $50B here, $50B there. In all seriousness, though, I'm glad they aren't buying Tesla. The consumer wins big time if these companies compete. And both companies keep their culture in tact. If Tesla can go from no car to building an electric car, Apple can too. Apple too have the advantage of funds no one else has, and they can buy a Tesla car to examine exactly what Elon is doing with the Model S very easily without buying the company. I think it's time we gave Apple the benefit of the doubt. They aren't stupid.
Tim could never do what Elon has done with Spacex and Tesla. Only way Apple should take over Tesla is if Elon ran the show.
I don't think just any company can do what Elon has done. Tesla, Spacex, and I guess solar city to some degree (I thought he is on the board of directors, maybe someone could advise).
Apple could definitely put out an excellent car better then most current companies out there. But you have to give it to Musk, he has done a fantastic job with Tesla. Not really impressed with Apple watch yet (i still have hope), and we will see with Apple TV. Tim has his work cut out for him.
When the first reports came out about Apple making a car, I was extremely skeptical. But I turned around later when Apple starting hiring people with body panel and suspension backgrounds. At that point it was pretty clear that this was about far more than just CarPlay or even some other new level of electronic gadget integration.
I am convinced Apple is at the very least collaborating on total car design in secret partnership with someone else. They are possibly doing much, much more than that, all the way up to designing a predominately-Apple car with little to no automotive partnerships. Except of course for manufacturing; they farm out manufacturing for all of their products anyway. Owning factories is not a business they want to be in.
I'm just finding it really hard to believe Apple are actually developing a car. The cost to design and develop would run into the billions, and the market is not going to be huge as not enough people simply don't queue up at garages for the latest model every 12 months!
Some kind of advanced vehicle control/entertainment system I can just about understand but a physical car, it goes against everything Apple has stood for over the last decade. Stick to what you know, what you're good at, and do it better than the rest...
Some kind of advanced vehicle control/entertainment system I can just about understand but a physical car, it goes against everything Apple has stood for over the last decade. Stick to what you know, what you're good at, and do it better than the rest...
Unless Tesla has some sort of poison pill, Apple could launch a hostile takeover bid. Not much Elon can do if that happens. It would be a very expensive process though.
They visited a jelly bean manufacturer when designing the original iMac & didn't enter the confectionary business!
Whatever anyone thinks they are up to, probably wrong on all counts!
No way in hell would Apple: 1. Spend ~ $30 billion on a single acquisition 2. Do a hostile takeover of Tesla. Musk would be too much trouble and investors would probably expect at minimum a 50% premium ($45+ billion) and/or there'd be a humongous breakup fee.
Apple is no longer a computer company as they have stated so themselves a years ago.