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Apple Reportedly in Talks With Toyota About Apple Car Production Starting 2024
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Then Apple’s first EV will based on the Toyota bZ4X and will either simply be a badge-engineered vehicle like the Subaru Solterra or possibly, maybe have an Apple inspired custom design with Apple UI bits. It won’t be an revolutionary Apple manufactured self driving EV. Cars are harder than Apple thinks because it requires competencies that Apple just doesn’t possess at this time.
Then you better buy a Tesla... kind like all those made in America Apple products.
This could make an interesting partnership, given that Toyota is one of the largest three vehicle manufacturers and the only one with no real plans to transition to battery electric vehicles.
Apple and Toyota teaming up to make a new brand could give Toyota a good path forward in transitioning to battery electric vehicles. Apple probably has a lot more knowledge of managing batteries than most other companies... Samsung, Panasonic, Tesla, and maybe a few other battery manufacturing companies are the only ones who probably know more.
Apple and Toyota teaming up to make a new brand could give Toyota a good path forward in transitioning to battery electric vehicles. Apple probably has a lot more knowledge of managing batteries than most other companies... Samsung, Panasonic, Tesla, and maybe a few other battery manufacturing companies are the only ones who probably know more.
The only three American car companies are Ford, GM, and Tesla.
Some people would list Stellantis as a fourth American car company, but that's silly - it's a merger between an Italian company and a French company that has a Dutch headquarters. Chrysler was acquired, plain and simple - the company that acquired it (and subsequently merged with another) cannot argue that it is American.
Not sure about anyone else, but I’d pay an automaker more to have a vehicle that is unique and doesn’t share a “platform” with any other vehicle.
And while you can’t deny the longevity of a Toyota or a Honda. I hear the word Toyota and just picture cheap, grey, plastic interiors.
And while you can’t deny the longevity of a Toyota or a Honda. I hear the word Toyota and just picture cheap, grey, plastic interiors.
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Apple Computer, who is a computer company, is going to sell a CELLULAR PHONE 🙄
Toyota were very slow on the uptake of EV models, but they are apparently going balls out to catch up in the next few years with dozens of planned EV releases. I have my eye on the BZ4X slated for mid-2022.
IF they provide wireless CarPlay, of course. Which is a bit of an ask for Toyota.
IF they provide wireless CarPlay, of course. Which is a bit of an ask for Toyota.
While you’re all arguing about how Dodge or Jeep isn’t American, I’ll be out embarrassing the Bronco with my 392 Wrangler one day and smoking a Mustang with my Challenger Demon the next.
I could see them going in as "transportation-as-a-service". Basically Uber but with self-driving cars. All of the interaction would be through Apple devices or apps.
Platforms are incredibly expensive to develop and manufacture and they are designed to last for years, even up to a decade or slightly more depending on how often the vehicle is refreshed and technology advances. If Toyota has a solid EV platform that Apple can take advantage of (packaging, safety, reliability, ease of extension for different models) then Apple should take advantage of the economy of scale that Toyota offers them. If Apple is smart they won’t suddenly get a case of NIH syndrome, which will definitely delay an Apple EV for at least the next 10 years, if it ever comes out.
Chances are that a Tesla Model S will be eating your Challenger Demon’s lunch.
Corrected... Gotta love Apple's dictation!All you will need to do to fix them is get married.
It makes sense. Tesla has out appled apple when it comes to cars. Ordering a Tesla is like ordering an iphone. I will never go to another car dealer again. Apple is the only one who can really challenge Tesla. So hearing they’re back to designing an electric car again makes me happy.
Where did you get that information? LG makes great batteries. Tesla uses them too. Bolt's burning in garages was more likely a GM problem, not an LG problem.