Apple to Wind Down Electric Car Effort After Decadelong Odyssey
www.bloomberg.com
Apple Inc. is canceling a decadelong effort to build an electric car, according to people with knowledge of the matter, abandoning one of the most ambitious projects in the history of the company.
  • NewPerspective@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I really feel for the engineers and devs who don’t get to see their project released into the world. Especially after so much effort.

      • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        I know this is a joke about the stupid Apple mouse, but a car with a bottom (and normal) charging port would be pretty cool. Imagine just pulling into your garage and a giant MagSafe charger snaps to the bottom of your car. (Yes, I know this is unreasonable with current technology due to poor energy efficiency)

        • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          5 months ago

          I haven’t looked at the bottom of my car in a while, but judging by the amount of dust, mud and ice I see everywhere else, the bottom probably isn’t very clean. During January the ice coating got so thick that I had trouble opening the back doors. Makes me wonder how the charging port would handle that.

  • agitatedpotato@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Thank fucking god. Imagine the kind of monetization that would exist inside an Apple car. You think subscription seatwarmers are bad, and they are, but I can guarantee Apple had much worse in mind, and that most companies would simply follow suit.

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Maybe the i-bike is more appleish? Imagine this, it’s a bike like other bikes, but you only need to pedal with one leg, and if you turn the pedal, the whole bike turns. Tilt it back to stop. Sure, you may look fucking stupid running around with only one pedal while your other leg does nothing at all. That’s it. Oh, and it’s white and smooth in gorme plastic-like design. You can charge your bike but you must remove the seat and turn it upside down using our special turning device since it’s 700lbs.