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Apple Commits Over 100 Workers to New Electric Car, “Project Titan”

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25 pointsgregsahne20 comments

So the rumors appear to be a little more true. Major market shift for Apple.

Less seriously: queue the jokes about it only having 1 pedal, or needing charge station adapters.

Aftermarket-only charge station adapters that cost $45.

Maybe add a few zeroes since we're talking about an automotive product.

Tesla likes to talk about "one pedal driving" (due to the strong regenerative braking) and they need adapters to connect to non-Tesla charging stations, so it would not be without precedent!

So that's where Blizzard's devs went.

It will have rounded corners and four wheels!... It will be ... revolutionary.

:( if steve were around it would have rounded corners and no wheels. figure it out!!!

Steve drops prototype car in swimming pool. Bubbles come out.

Those are air bubbles. That means there's space in there. Make it smaller!

too bad that the battery will not be removable.

I wonder if Apple is going to try to extend their closed eco-system concept to their electric car. That would be interesting to watch.

Good God, and they'll be asking money for it :-D

Yep. Using only apple electricity, driving only on apple roads unless you root your car. And when a part costing 0.02$ burns you will have to buy a new one.

I mean more along the lines of closed tech approach (compared to the automotive industry as a whole which has historically been open tech). I don't think the sarcasm is warranted. Given the recent Chrysler hacks it's quite possible that the closed ecosystem approach is what the market wants.

Even better idea - airgap the real electronics and the smart idiocies from each other.

That's the approach that I imagine a tech company with a closed philosophy will take (e.g. Apple). I strongly suspect Tesla hasn't taken this approach, making me worried that a widespread brand-damaging hack is inevitable.

"Will it be priced aggressively to compete with the Tesla’s Model 3’s $30K range?" Since when did Apple ever compete on price?

Then again, Tesla isn't actually selling a car for $30k yet and reports are that they are losing over $10k for every car sold.

Tesla's profit margin on their cars is something like 28%. I don't understand how this "they lose money on every car they sell" myth got started or how it sticks around. Where would all the money come from to be able to waste it like that?

Marginal costs isn't something you can take out of a financial report (COGS may not be enough), while average cost is.

Sure Titan might become fantasy car, but I bet Titan 2 will be faster, thinner and will have slightly larger wheel radius. #AppleRevolution

if you sit in it awkwardly, though, the window will pop right out.

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