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Apple Working On Project That Will 'Give Tesla a Run for its Money' Says Employee
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I can more easily imagine a deliberate leak (for reasons we do not necessarily understand) than an employee sending out an unauthorized email about what Tim Cook had for lunch, let alone tipping Apple's hand on a future product.
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Exactly. It's a hanging offense.
Wow, that's strong.
Not saying I agree or disagree (as a pastor, I probably wouldn't be asked to work for either - haha), but your statement probably capsulizes what a lot of people are thinking.
Reminds me of the difference between Steve Jobs and John Sculley, clarified by Steve's incredible quote, "Do you want to sell sugared water for the rest of your life? Or do you want to come with me and change the world?"
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Tesla doesn't, but SpaceX does
Samsung Motors already came out with them in the 90's. They sold out controlling interest to Renault, I think.
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Just had a memory of the Michael Keaton Batman films when gave his Batmobile voice commands like "Shields Open" and "Stop":
YouTube Video: Batmobile 1989
Best batman ever and its not close.
1. Keaton
2. Adam West
3. Will Arnett (Lego Movie)
4. Kilmer
5. Bale
6. Clooney
Hmm...I'm skeptical that Apple PR would choose Business Insider as the publication to leak to. WSJ or Re/Code? Sure. BI? No.
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So basically what you're saying is when it comes to picking CEOs Steve Jobs was terrible at it.
Yes, that's a valid point, but let's face it -- Apple doesn't have a great track record lately of giving any love to existing products like Apple TV *or* fixing bugs quickly. New products are great, but many of rely on this stuff daily and would appreciate some better QA from cupertino FIRST.
I don't think it's plausible necessarily, just a little less implausible than the story we are hearing.
As for connecting it to the mystery van, that's beyond a reach. That's a desperate dive for a line drive you ain't never gonna catch.
Don't get me wrong, I love Apple. But moving into the car business seems crazy. Let's focus on computer, tablet, and smartphone hardware and software that runs flawlessly...then we can branch out...to watches.
Nope. That's gonna be the next best thing.
Don't get me wrong, I love Apple. But moving into the car business seems crazy. Let's focus on computer, tablet, and smartphone hardware and software that runs flawlessly...then we can branch out...to watches.
Maybe an iCar would be a timely diversion.
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Devices for storing electrical energy.
Or the navigation system for a car or a spaceship.
Automotive design and manufacturing is way out of Apple's skill set and league. Go to a Tesla dealership and ask why CarPlay is not in their cars and you will get a lot of avoidiance of answers. This is rare for a company like Tesla.
My take is that Apple is referring to the automotive patent suite that Tesla has been willing to license for free. My predict is they're talking about CarPlay 2.0 with a lot better vehicle integration.
Don't get me wrong, I love Apple. But moving into the car business seems crazy. Let's focus on computer, tablet, and smartphone hardware and software that runs flawlessly...then we can branch out...to watches.
I just hate when people say, "Don't get me wrong"
, when the person doesn't even realize what they are saying. Trust me, I didn't get you wrong. With your line of thinking technology will remain stagnant. Heaven forbid Apple doesn't try something new...for example getting people to buy music again when much of the world was downloading it for free. They definitely failed doing that.
. Thank goodness you weren't the head of Apple instead of Steve Jobs.
It won't come with a steering wheel, nor other coventional controls. It will have only one button. This one button interface will work flawlessly, however the car only knows one particular way to drive to the destination. The destination data has to be uploaded via iTunes.
There won't be any doors or hatches to access the trunk (the lines would be a disruption to a seemingles design) and in order to load your supermarket bags you have to do it via the driver door (which in fact is the only door on the vehicle).
Passengers will sit behind each other from Version 2 of the car onwards, because they made the car thinner.
Its battery operated motor (charged via Lightning ports) will give a range of 50 miles because nobody needs a longer range anyway and a long journey would distract from the travel experience.
Agreed. Anyone with the balls to launch a car company as well as building spaceships would be a great person to even be in the same room with.
While nothing against Cook (he's a very good bean counter), I do feel Apple have lost a bit of what made them special and different.
Let's see
Apple's directions (Maps) and battery life.. check, this is a home run!
jk.. interesting they're going outside of electronics, seemingly.
jk.. interesting they're going outside of electronics, seemingly.
Will give Tesla a run for it's money???? In what? I doubt very much they are making an actual car so it's a very confusing statement to make? I guess the carplay system could be involved, but then why the van covered in camera's?
Hmm me think it's not a very exciting thing whatever it is.
Hmm me think it's not a very exciting thing whatever it is.
Maybe it's a car that looks like a watch.
Or a watch the size of a car.
Or a flat neon graphic of a car we can look at on our watch.
Or a watch the size of a car.
Or a flat neon graphic of a car we can look at on our watch.