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This is all fine and good, but will I need a battery case to make sure I can get 50 miles per charge?
Only the electric model Prototype that will be sold to the first customers as final product v1. They expect by v2 to have it do just 40 miles per charge but the amazing thing is that it will be an even lighter car. Battery will come from tesla but no brand will be announced similar to gorilla glass deal. If you want to have a charge of 60 you will need to upgrade to the suv version since it has more space for the battery. Just don't expect a more powerful motor. It will be the same as the sedan.
 



Motor Trend has published an in-depth article, roundtable video, and spin-off posts that offer a speculative look at the design and features of the so-called "Apple Car." The renders, which are completely imaginative, were designed by industrial designer Garrett DeBry and rendered by creative studio Mind Over Eye.

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While the article is headlined "Apple Car exclusive," most of the information and images are purely speculative and based on the fanciful vision of a group of automotive enthusiasts. In fact, the design looks largely based on the look and feel of the latest iPhones and iPads, right down to the matching gold color.

The car features a tinted glass windshield and roof with a boxy frame and Apple logos emblazoned on the front, back, and all four wheels. The taillights appear to be one consolidated line of red dotted lights, while the rear wheels have fender skirts that provide further aerodynamic emphasis from the rear bumper forward.

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The renders highlight thirteen fun but certainly questionable features, such as a 360-degree augmented reality experience, wireless charging, proximity sensing and wearable technologies, Tesla Model X-like "Falcon Wing" doors, indirect and ambient lighting, and a color-coded light strip that can double as a turn signal.

With few concrete details known about the Apple Car, these images are purely conceptual and, unsurprisingly, should not be interpreted as factual. Dozens of similar mockups are just one Google Images search away, and each offer a fun but likely mostly fanatical vision of Apple's much-rumored electric vehicle.


Apple Car rumors have gained momentum since early last year, when The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple has hundreds of employees working to develop an electric vehicle under the codename "Project Titan." The bulk of research and development may be taking place in secretive buildings in Sunnyvale, California, where late night "motor noises" have been heard in recent months.

Multiple sources have indicated that the Apple Car could be finalized by 2019 or 2020, but a more precise timeframe remains unclear due to possible internal setbacks and other unforeseen circumstances. Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently called the Apple Car an "open secret," as his company aims to begin fulfilling more than 325,000 pre-orders for its lower-priced Model 3 by late 2017.

Article Link: Motor Trend Shares Purely Imaginative Vision of Futuristic 'Apple Car'
These mockups do more damage than good.
 
I think it looks pretty neat. Besides, how else will everyone know that you have the money to afford an Apple Car if it doesn't stand out!?
 
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Yaay, more silly mockups of future products from people who (hopefully) aren't designers.
 
It better not be autonomous, because it will definitely kill itself and everyone in it.
 
Haha!

It looks like a magic mouse gone wrong. April Fools was 14 Days ago! Pure clickbait exercise by MotorTrends.
 
hahaha hahaha hahaha
You mean a fool actually spent time composing this SMH, as a MS fan I wish Apple would release this monstrosity but this will never happen and only a donut could authorise the vile mockup
 
An Apple car would look something like what Faraday Future, Google, or Tesla is working on.

The same engineers keep getting hired back and forth between those companies. They aren't going to be giving radically different ideas at Apple that they wouldn't be giving to the other three.

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People don't hear about a product for the first time one day, then decide to drop $40K on it the next day. Most people replace their cars once or twice a decade. Apple can't just handle this like an iPhone launch, because cars aren't replaced anywhere near as often as iPhones, and they aren't anywhere near as cheap as iPhones.

Not to split hairs but FYI the first iPhone announcement preceded launch by 6 months. Watch was 6.5 months, iPad was 2-3. Only established, updated products get the "order now, available in a week and a half" treatment.

You're right though, a car would need to be revealed far in advance. If nothing else, manufacturing them would be impossible to hide.
 
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