Apple-Tesla talks fuel dreams of advanced battery tech, deeper iOS in the Car integration

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  • Reply 21 of 36
    Well, Tesla can't be iOS only, that would be very stupid for obvious reasons. 

    I dunno. iPhone is iOS only. Is that very stupid?

    Why the **** would Tesla put all their eggs in Cupertino when the world outside the US is 95% Android?

    The current strategy makes the car iOS and Android friendly.

    A company like Apple would just use that to stab Tesla the first chance they got. Google did the right thing.
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  • Reply 22 of 36
    wizard69wizard69 Posts: 13,377member
    Problems with this are common, first apple never updates the kit, 2nd nimh is used in most modern AAs, some still use nicd, 3rd 3 nickel battery's is same boost age as lithiom ion which makes that a big issue.

    There are probably several issues at play here. One would be liability, lithium batteries are far more dangerous than other forms, as such putting them into an AA form factor could be seen as reckless. With the AA form factor Apple has no control over usage of the batteries.

    Second there are real environmental issues. People are lax in their recycling of AA batteries, in fact it isn't even required in most places. Staying with old tech keeps Apple from having to teach people to recycle properly. Beyond that recycling lithium batteries isn't all that easy when it comes to actually handling the batteries. You just can't throw a 100 AA form in a box and hope it doesn't catch fire.
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  • Reply 23 of 36
    Originally Posted by pedromartins View Post

    Why the **** would Tesla put all their eggs in Cupertino when the world outside the US is 95% Android?

     

    Because you’re lying through your teeth.

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  • Reply 24 of 36
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member

    Android smartphone share outside the US is more like 80%.  A hyperbolic exaggeration, not a lie.  Still a pretty convincing figure, though it doesn't take into account the true "smartness" of the smartphone.

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  • Reply 25 of 36
    Originally Posted by Crowley View Post

    Android smartphone share outside the US is more like 80%.


     

    Could you actually try telling the truth instead of a lie? Anything meaningful whatsoever, maybe? Something relevant to the discussion? His original point is utter nonsense. We can’t build a discussion off of nonsense.

     

    A hyperbolic exaggeration, not a lie.


     

    Extrapolating from experience, all Britons are liars. What? It’s just an exaggeration. 

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  • Reply 26 of 36
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

     

     

    Could you actually try telling the truth instead of a lie? Anything meaningful whatsoever, maybe? Something relevant to the discussion? His original point is utter nonsense. We can’t build a discussion off of nonsense.

     

    Extrapolating from experience, all Britons are liars. What? It’s just an exaggeration. 


    Are you saying my 80% figure is a lie?  Because I'm happy to source it.

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  • Reply 27 of 36
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member

    And since no one seriously expects that you're trying to convince people that all Britons are liars (why always the nationalistic slurs?), then yes, it is just an exaggeration.  One not very well founded in fact either.

     

    You get plenty of things wrong and exaggerate all the time TS.  Stop this hysterical double standard please.

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  • Reply 28 of 36
    Originally Posted by Crowley View Post

    And since no one seriously expects that youre trying to convince people that all Britons are liars

     

    I should certainly hope not. It would be a travesty if a majority couldn’t parse anything but 1:1 intent in writing like you.

     

    (why always the nationalistic slurs?)


     

    Come off it. No one is that stupid.

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  • Reply 29 of 36
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

     

     

    I should certainly hope not. It would be a travesty if a majority couldn’t parse anything but 1:1 intent in writing like you.


     

    Seriously?  That's the line you're going to take after accusing someone of malicious deception over a little looseness with figures in making a broader point?  Whatever dude.

     

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

     

    Come off it. No one is that stupid.


     

    Huh?  Don't even know what you're talking about.  Are you denying that you frequently make reference to my nationality, often with a negative slant?  Because I can look up a boatload of evidence counter to that.

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  • Reply 30 of 36
    Why the **** would Tesla put all their eggs in Cupertino when the world outside the US is 95% Android?

    Apple puts all their eggs in that basket and they seem to do just fine. In fact, they are doing better than your exalted "95%".
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  • Reply 31 of 36
    Originally Posted by Crowley View Post

    a little looseness with figures in making a broader point?


     

    The broader point was invalid; it wasn’t the topic of the discussion.

     

    Don't even know what you're talking about.


     

    Then don’t talk about it.

     

    Are you denying that you frequently make reference to my nationality…


     

    Only time I can remember. Unless you count the thread about the UK and the EU, in which case that also doesn’t count.

     

    …often with a negative slant?


     

    Somehow the very use of your demonym is a negative slant? The negative slant here came from the use of my own example of a “hyperbolic exaggeration” to counter (and mirror) the foolishness (and irrelevance) of your own.

     

    Because I can look up a boatload of evidence counter to that.


     

    Now, the use of “limey” would not only actually be a slur (unlike what you have claimed), it would also be of a negative slant (unlike what you have claimed).

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  • Reply 32 of 36
    malaxmalax Posts: 1,598member
    Why does the article assert that the Tesla is the "world's leading maker of all-electric cars?" This article says that the Nissan Leaf outsells it: http://www.hybridcars.com/volt-top-selling-plug-in-leaf-shatters-own-records-tesla-takes-third-place/
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  • Reply 33 of 36
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    Originally Posted by malax View Post



    Why does the article assert that the Tesla is the "world's leading maker of all-electric cars?" This article says that the Nissan Leaf outsells it: http://www.hybridcars.com/volt-top-selling-plug-in-leaf-shatters-own-records-tesla-takes-third-place/

     

    Maybe if you take all Tesla models combined they outsell all General Motors models combined and all Nissan models combined. With GM and Nissan each having only one all-electric car and Tesla having more than one, maybe Tesla's aggregate total is tops. I dunno. Guessing.

     

    Enough with cars lugging around the weight of six large oxen in batteries though. Where's the hydrogen cells?

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  • Reply 34 of 36
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member
    The broader point was invalid; it wasn’t the topic of the discussion.

    Then don’t talk about it.

    Only time I can remember. Unless you count the thread about the UK and the EU, in which case that also doesn’t count.

    Somehow the very use of your demonym is a negative slant? The negative slant here came from the use of my own example of a “hyperbolic exaggeration” to counter (and mirror) the foolishness (and irrelevance) of your own.

    Now, the use of “limey” would not only actually be a slur (unlike what you have claimed), it would also be of a negative slant (unlike what you have claimed).
    Not playing your fragment and snarkify game. It's not relevant to the topic and it's annoying as hell. Back to Tesla.
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  • Reply 35 of 36
    Originally Posted by Crowley View Post

    Not playing your fragment and snarkify game.



    Good. You’re learning. Next step is not posting nonsense in the first place.

     

    It's not relevant to the topic and it's annoying as hell. Back to Tesla. 


     

    Talking about the topic and the topic alone, actually.

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  • Reply 36 of 36

    It would have been a dream if Apple had bought Tesla.

    But it looks quite normal if Elon buys Apple or instead becomes the next president of Apple.

    And maybe Cook just asked him to integrate as soon as possible the board and the senior VP pack as VP in charge of direction, innovation and future....just for a few years.

    And maybe we understand better the 2 bulls reaction of Ive in 2 years.

     

    Patrice

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