Rumor claims new electric car maker Faraday Future is front for Apple

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  • Reply 21 of 144
    kmareikmarei Posts: 222member
    still not sure if i want the 4G version or not
    and torn between space grey and rose gold
    :)
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  • Reply 22 of 144
    solipsismy wrote: »
    Funny how Silicon Valley is the new Detroit, at least in terms of design.

    Fins and chrome? Or miles of quilted soft Corinthian leather hides? Stick-on vinyl wood grain dash appliqués?
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  • Reply 23 of 144
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    kmarei wrote: »
    still not sure if i want the 4G version or not
    and torn between space grey and rose gold
    :)
    or the Plus version with 128gb
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  • Reply 24 of 144
    jfc1138jfc1138 Posts: 3,090member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ingela View Post

     

    Yep. most major car companies have studios here.




    Nissan's was set up in the 70's. IIRC The Pathfinder was an early product.

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    bobschlobbobschlob Posts: 1,074member
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  • Reply 26 of 144
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    Originally Posted by Rogifan View Post

     



    This looks like one of those stupid Apple product mock ups we usually get from graphic designers. Meaning something completely futuristic and unrealistic.

    Plus, you've got to be no more than 4 feet tall -- 6 inches of upper body and 3.5 feet of legs and arms to get into, let alone drive, that stupid looking thing.

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    idreyidrey Posts: 647member
    kmarei wrote: »
    still not sure if i want the 4G version or not
    and torn between space grey and rose gold
    :)

    4g for sure, and space gray, to match all my other
    Apple stuff. I hope they use the Apple Watch as
    The key. I am really trying to minimize my keys.
    And I want find my car enable.
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  • Reply 28 of 144
    christophbchristophb Posts: 1,482member
    iCar? iAuto? iWantOne? Will they name it after something in Yosemite?


    Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd, go!
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  • Reply 29 of 144
    yojimbo007yojimbo007 Posts: 1,165member
    I like the picture... Interesting design... Whoever did it!
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  • Reply 30 of 144
    eriamjheriamjh Posts: 1,847member
    Apple and Tesla could turn the car industry on its head.

    However, if anyone was looking to spend tens of billions, starting a car company is one way to do it.
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  • Reply 31 of 144
    bluefire1bluefire1 Posts: 1,318member
    If it's true, I hope the battery in Apple's electric car lasts proportionately longer then the one in my iPhone 6s. Otherwise I'll have to hope Mophie comes to the rescue again.
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  • Reply 32 of 144
    solipsismysolipsismy Posts: 5,099member
    Are EVs going to affect our oil consumption or is automotive fuel minor compared to industry need for oil?

    bluefire1 wrote: »
    If it's true, I hope the battery in Apple's electric car lasts proportionately longer then the one in my iPhone 6s. Otherwise I'll have to hope Mophie comes to the rescue again.

    1) 12 hours on LTE equates to 12 hours at highway speeds? That's 12 × 65 = 780 miles. That would be groundbreaking.

    2) Would Mophie be a protective body panel with additionally battery life? Would those external charges that use your Lightning cable be a small trailer you tow behind your car?
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  • Reply 33 of 144
    Originally Posted by Ingela View Post

    Well the name Faraday always sounded like a playful a dig at Tesla.

     

    I’d say that if it was named after Edison we could rule Apple right out.

     

    Originally Posted by vfx2k4 View Post

    Apple would never do something so clumsy as this.

     

    What, create a front company? Apple has a dozen of them that it uses to buy stuff at prices that aren’t ridiculously inflated.

     

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  • Reply 34 of 144
    If you really want to get Tesla's goat, call it the "Edison". After all, it is DC powered... ????
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  • Reply 35 of 144
    calicali Posts: 3,494member
    That concept car is closer to what I imagine an Apple Car to look like.

    I'd like to see a car with no visible external lights until activated.
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    tundraboytundraboy Posts: 1,932member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SolipsismY View Post

     
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    ?Originally Posted by mstone View Post





    Actually most of the top California auto design studios are in southern California near LA. Many car companies from around the world use SoCal auto designers. Also motorcycles. 





    Interesting. When did that change.

     

    Probably ever since the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena became the pre-eminent auto design school in the US, and arguably, the world.

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  • Reply 37 of 144
    Originally Posted by cali View Post

    I'd like to see a car with no visible external lights until activated.



    Oh, hey, I hadn’t thought about that. Apple’s king when it comes to micro-punctures in metal that allow for hiding lights...

     

    My idea for a car was centered around having the lighting in a ring around the entire body. With LEDs and other modern, energy efficient forms of lightning, it wouldn’t be demanding on the battery or operation of the vehicle to have–instead of two lights up front–lights across the entire front and back of the vehicle, and also down the sides. This would provide greater visibility for the driver (the frontmost sections of the side lights could be tuned to the color that is best for night viewing) as well as for other drivers (turn signals would be the strip along an entire half of the vehicle, etc.). With a single, unbroken line representing the lights going around the entire car, I’ve always thought the design could be more fluid. Designers could really have fun with that.

     

    I really need to hook my Wacom back up and get back to drawing. All these ideas that need hammering out rattling around and falling into neuronal sinkholes... 

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  • Reply 38 of 144



    I would bet that both Apple and BMW are contributing research and technology partners of Faraday Future.

     

    Tim Cook at WSJDLive.

    http://www.wsj.com/video/tim-cook-talks-at-wsjdlive-about-the-future-of-cars/65732065-D80B-4A28-B0A1-AC4240FAB7DA.html

     

    Time will tell.

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  • Reply 39 of 144
    cali wrote: »
    That concept car is closer to what I imagine an Apple Car to look like.

    I'd like to see a car with no visible external lights until activated.

    External lights are activated in much of the industrialized world 100% of the time. Unless you mean that you don't want to see the external lights when the car is not running. If so, what would be the design -- or even aesthetic -- logic?
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  • Reply 40 of 144
    Originally Posted by anantksundaram View Post

    External lights are activated in much of the industrialized world 100% of the time.

     

    Since when is it dark in the industrialized world 100% of the time?

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