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The guy from the vid said 24 but most likely pushed back, might be a good time to buy stock though, the future can be pretty crazy
Really interested to see the design concept whenever it appears.
To me outside of Tesla, design wise most electric cars look terrible.
To me outside of Tesla, design wise most electric cars look terrible.
If they are going to just about start speccing out a new platform and sourcing parts, I would say 2024 at the earliest.
Bet that you can't even unlock it if you use an android phone.
We are going to show our great courage by removing the cupholder!
Apple pushing an electric car seems like it would be a bigger deal if you didn't already have Tesla pushing electrics as a prestige purchase for rich people. Almost feels bad if it's taking Kia-Hyundai production capacity for electric vehicles that could be targeting the market for lower priced cars. I am interested that they're touting full autonomy. A company of their clout pushing that seems like it could get people more comfortable with the idea
Kia Hyundai is an interesting choice. They have pretty awful design but pretty reliable interiors and often are overlooked in comparison to Toyota on reliability. The combination of Apple aesthetics and product design in combo with their functional and utility manufacturing could prove a powerful combination.
Costs a shit ton and refueling is only in the Valley/Southern/Californa.
This looks more like that Apple Moto phone deal. You'll be buying a Kia with Apple tech/software.
I'm still not sold on electric cars. How is someone who parks their car on the street charge it? Chargers are hardly available and you can only build so much. Who pays for it, the building landlord/business?
I'm still not sold on electric cars. How is someone who parks their car on the street charge it? Chargers are hardly available and you can only build so much. Who pays for it, the building landlord/business?
Hm.... this is the only company I see making a serious effort to take on Tesla. I should buy Apple stock.
Which Samsung will mock, until announcing their own cupholder-free car in two years
Knowing Apple stock, any positive announcements will only plummet it.
If they are labeling this as an autonomous vehicle instead of an electric vehicle, then I'm guessing the goal here is ride-sharing and delivery. You buy a vehicle, then when not in use you can loan it back to Apple for them to use in their own ride-sharing service punctually. It could also go charge itself. You get some money back as the vehicle makes money. Something like that. I'd expect this to be aimed at cities first.
Yeah, that's the only hydrogen car I've heard of. I'm curious to see if companies other than Toyota try their hand at making one. Electric is great (I have a plug-in Sonata hybrid right now!) but the power can still come from sources that hurt the environment. Hydrogen seems like the most environmentally friendly option, but I have no idea if that's actually true or it's feasible to have widespread implementation of the technolgoy. Maybe a few years down the road?
It all hurts!
More realistic for bigger vehicles, i.e. planes.
It is 100% necessary for EV to become autonomous so that they can go charge themselves when not in use. There is no two ways about it. It will happen, and faster than people think, precisely because of how much demand there is to fix this issue. The idea that we'll have charging stations all over the place is ridiculous, it won't happen, except where there is a lack of understanding of what the future will bring as a solution, so as a costly stop-gap solution at best.
What interest does Apple have in cars other than that it's tech adjacent? As far as I know the auto industry is not a high margin affair for any volume manufacturer, and it seems unlikely Apple will be in the business of collecting all the data from your car to sell for advertisements.
As far as data is concerned, an autonomous car is a drone. It records everything around it, so the data can be considered valuable. Imagine if every car was a "Google Cam Car", you'd have near real-time data of everywhere cars are driving. Now whether or not Apple is interested in that is another story.
I wonder if they're actually collaborating on the engineering, or if Hyundai-Kia is just going to build it to spec using their Georgia plant?
Apple decided to become a TV studio for some reason even though Netflix is financially wishy-washy.
I'm convinced they just do stuff for fun at this point.
Apple decided to become a TV studio for some reason even though Netflix is financially wishy-washy.
I'm convinced they just do stuff for fun at this point.
Presumably they want to find a new growth area now that the smartphone market has matured, and the car industry is a market (1) big enough to matter to Apple in that regard and (2) at a tech inflection point with electric and self-driving where a new entrant with the right advantages/expertise (computer software & hardware, mostly) could capture some of that market with the right product(s). I don't know if there are many other product categories that tick those boxes.
Computers in general are not especially high-margin (nor were phones prior to the iPhone, I don't think?), so maybe Apple thinks they can do similar with cars.
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How far is hyundai/kia 's advanced cruise control/semi autonomous work anyways? I haven't heard much myself so it's potentially the perfect partner?
Alot of the other major manufacturers have gotten to a certain level of development and might not be the perfect partner atm
Alot of the other major manufacturers have gotten to a certain level of development and might not be the perfect partner atm
Apple's first priority is always engineering products to fit a distinct minimalist design philosophy. It will be the first serious competition Tesla will face and Apple knows they will need to go in for the kill if they wish to avoid embarrassment. My guess is they want to cripple Tesla enough for a buyout.
Mobile/tablets/PCs are doomed, everything will be on the cloud. All it takes is high speed internet with constant coverage everywhere, which is coming fast with Starlink and probably others.
In ten years, Apple will need to be in a very different position than they are now.
What do you mean "you can only build so much?" As for street parking I suppose you'd be better off waiting for gas stations to convert to or be replaced by supercharging stations. I'd imagine the majority of people who can afford an electric car at this juncture would still be considered early adopters and probably have a garage with power. The economies of scale driving prices down to more economical versions will lead to infrastructure investment the same way gas stations rolled out across the world a century ago when it was clear horses were being replaced.
The charging speed is too slow. Cars have to be able to drive themselves to the charging stations/temporary parking to recharge themselves.
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