Seriously though what made Apple want to even try to do this. I’m not mad at Apple for canceling it now, but I am kind of annoyed they let it go so far in the first place.
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Apple Cancels Electric Car Project
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Seriously though what made Apple want to even try to do this. I’m not mad at Apple for canceling it now, but I am kind of annoyed they let it go so far in the first place.
No, they just need to improve – which they will. It's the pollution-spewing oil-burners that need to die. I love my BMW i4 M50.
I never believed that building cars was a good fit for Apple. Empowering car manufacturers with Apple technology is a vastly better fit.
Xiaomi announced they would be making an EV a while ago, and yes.
All the resources could have been poured into AI for the past DECADE. Instead we get Vision Pro and a vaporware Apple Car.
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This is what a new Chinese EV company can do. Are you telling me Apple is worse than a new startup? Especially with their supply chain relationship, global distribution network, consolidated software team, and fans paying more than they should?
Oh and they can And would build in Asia, so labor cost will be almost the same
not surprised given the current EV narratives are collapsing. Other factors aside the environmental cost and damage of production of batteries, coupled with the loss of efficiency in cold weather are the latest facts in a large scale retraction from the EV cult.
Don’t get me wrong EVs definitely have a bespoke niche, particularly in urban environments, but not to the scale that Apple would require to make it a viable investment. Happy to see them drop this nonsense and get back to the business of making consumer electronics as a primary goal.
Don’t get me wrong EVs definitely have a bespoke niche, particularly in urban environments, but not to the scale that Apple would require to make it a viable investment. Happy to see them drop this nonsense and get back to the business of making consumer electronics as a primary goal.
LMFAO
classic Tim.
His legacy will be a watch that was fashion focused but lucked out with health, failed headset, tired old designs and millions wasted on a car that never was.
Siri is horse poop, imagine trusting an Apple self driving car.
classic Tim.
His legacy will be a watch that was fashion focused but lucked out with health, failed headset, tired old designs and millions wasted on a car that never was.
Siri is horse poop, imagine trusting an Apple self driving car.
Yes .
Steve Jobs would have never cancelled a project.
Tim Cook leadership couldn’t even bring out the 3 in 1 charger mat. 😂😂
They pulled the plug because they just couldn’t make it thin enough. 😁
I dont know why anyone wanted this in the first place. An Apple Car would be a nightmare. Tesla is already bad enough with it's lock-down on parts and repairs... can you imagine trying to repair an Apple Car, that only lets you use Apple-certified parts, installed by an Apple technician, with no aftermarket parts allowed without bricking some critical feature? No thanks.
One can be sure they wouldn’t have been for an Apple Car.
You cannot say they are good when none of them have been reviewed yet, and some of them don't even exist.
The Mercedes EQS is a beautiful vehicle with a level of craftsmanship and detail you could never receive from Tesla.
I always assumed that's the route Apple would take with their vehicles, even if they were rumored to be partnering with a less luxury/more budget-focused carmaker. But cars are so much more expensive than phones, and the ROI for "status devices" in a product-category where consumers keep those products for years (if not decades) is completely at odds with Apple's other products.
And that's without mentioning how much more regulation there is in the automotive industry, the worse profit-margins, and the general responsibility that manufacturers have to support those vehicles (for years) should any problems arise.
Least surprising news ever.
Sad that for all the resources they allegedly sunk into that project they seem to have come out of very very little.
Sad that for all the resources they allegedly sunk into that project they seem to have come out of very very little.
Apple pivoting to an electric Apple Boat
Building their own car, definitely. But Apple's technology could end up on somebody else's car. I wouldn't be surprised that a Japanese automaker or even the Hyundai/Kia group may be "kicking the tires" of the technology Apple developed right now.
words of wisdom from a rollin' coal neanderthal who still uses his Flinstones car.
Because we hate Elon and Teslas. Also because we love Apple and Apple Services. What kind of a question you are asking on a Apple enthusiast forum?
That's not only not going to happen, it's the opposite that caused this. There's not a lot of room for innovation in the EV market now and there will be less in the future.
I'm seeing lots of non-Tesla vehicles now. Most are probably hybrids, which I think is the best approach right now, until technology advances even more. We need a radical leap in battery technology, and Apple is working on that, too.
Well Tim said autonomous driving was the master of all AI in Apple, no wonder their AI sucks in general if 10 years of research can be cancelled like this
This is the day that all car manufacturers have been waiting to breathe a sigh of relief. Steve & co would have turned the car industry upside down. Is sad that apple car ends like this, in a cold February day, what could have been a world changer, literally, now is history.
Actually they are way more efficient than internal combustion engines autos.