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Bloomberg: Apple targets 2028 release date for its own electric vehicle (9to5mac.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Bloomberg: Apple targets 2028 release date for its own electric vehicle::Project Titan, the Apple electric car project, has been underway since 2015. But the project has faced numerous delays and...

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 11 months ago (5 children)
  • Proprietary charging ports/stations, $50/KWh.
  • Increasingly slower acceleration as the vehicle goes out of warranty.
  • Any attempt at repairing faults with the car is a breach of TOS.
  • Turn signals, headlights, stereo.. all features are $5/month on the Apple Store.
  • Apple Maps will guide you into ravines and gardens.

Apple lovers would mortgage their home just to be on the waiting list.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 11 months ago (3 children)
  • The underside is made of glass.
  • You have to hold the steering wheel at 9 and 3 or it won't work.
  • Is only compatible with the Apple ecosystem of accessories such as wheels, tires, child seats etc.
[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The charge port is on the bottom.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Acceleration and brake pedals are butterfly

Door close sensors have to be calibrated upon replacement by a proprietary tool not made available to the public

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

EU forces USB-C charger on it because the board computer is technically a smartphone.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Locks you out if it detects an Android device on you or any of your passengers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Nonono! That’s not how “you’re holding it wrong works! It’s 11 and 7.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)
  • all windows are opaque, you need apple vision pro to see out.
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

*write that down, write that down!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago
  • 3rd party charging stations throttled to half of power
  • 3rd party parts will display random errors while driving
  • glowing apple logo 24/7
  • system updated till 2100
  • locked bootloader
  • proprietary tires
  • 583 types of screwdrivers required to disassemble 83636 unique screws
  • scientists having to invent new substance to unglue battery
  • critical error no 62 bricking car, no one knows what it means
  • fatal design flaw gets never fixed, drop of water connects engine trace with main computer trace, everything burned with 100 kV
  • hard to reach weak chip, because manufacturer wanted to save $0.0006
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago
  • seats are sold separately, are basic with no adjustability but follow aesthetic. Costs $10,000 each.
  • replaces high and low beams with mid beams so it's less confusing for the user.
  • no speakers or anywhere to plug them in, but your Apple representative will be happy to upsell you a set of air buds and chargers for each seat.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
  • proprietary light bulbs, tires and air valves.
  • can only open anything engine related like fluids at the dealership.
  • can only fix broken windows at the dealership.
  • repairing means having to swap the old car for a new one for a fee, or stay with the defective car. The old car will be shredded to "save the environment", following their "green" practices.