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  • Kuo: 'Apple Car' to use Hyundai's E-GMP platform, GM and PSA partnerships possible

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    rcfa said:
    Kia and GM doesn’t inspire quality. 
    It’s not that these companies don’t know how to make things, but they have target markets and target price points in mind, the the resulting quality is a consequence thereof.

    Apple will have different segments and price points in mind, and correspondingly can make other design choices. The core platforms of major car companies are all decent quality these days.

    Times change, China is also no longer the country’s famous for cheap plastic crap.

    Should Apple have a breakthrough in autonomouss driving, other things matter anyway. While a driver’s car must handle, corner, drift; an autonomous vehicle must allow passengers to enjoy tea and champagne without being slung around the seat benches.

    Apple’s first cars likely won’t be fully autonomous, unless they can surprise the world with a killer system that others don’t have, but given where this journey is heading, a BMW M3 won’t be the inspiration for Apple, more likely a luxurious Minivan with amenities: sound system, entertainment, etc.

    it’s going to be fun to see how Apple thinks it can be “10 times better” (if they stick to Jobs’ credo for entering a new market) than everyone else competing in that field…
    Thank you!


    rcfa said:
    mrr said:
    I don’t know. It doesn’t sound like Apple to slap a body and some tech on top of someone else’s platform. 
    In the Auto industry, platform is like the CPU is in the computer industry. Apple built for many years successfully computers with another company’s CPU; they can build cars, with another company’s platform.

    Parts sharing is a major thing in the auto industry: anything from wheels to suspension components, transmissions, ECUs, etc. are made by companies that don’t make their own cars for a variety of companies that do.

    Even the parts that are made by the car company itself, are shared amongst many models or even brands.

    Similarly, platforms are very versatile: same platform was used for Golf, R32, Jetta, Audi A3, Audi TT, some Volkswagen delivery vans, and some mini SUV.

    So the choice of a platform says relatively little about the car to be expected.
    Thank you!

    byronl said:
    310 miles?? 0-60 in 3.5?? how the f are they supposed to compete with tesla? they should just buy lucid already, who also has a factory and is really close to production of their luxury product.
    LOL.  0-60 in under 4 seconds is way more performance than anyone needs.  Are we expecting Joe Commuter to compete in F1 races now?
    right. I expect Apple to treat performance in cars a lot like they treat performance in phones; “It works great. Thwart more do you need to know?”

    lkrupp said:
    Why would I pay a VERY  premium price for a Hyundai chassis with an Apple logo on it?
    Dude. Not what’s going to happen at all.

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  • Apple poaches Porsche VP of chassis development for Apple Car development

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    lkrupp said:
    Why would they hire Porsche’s chassis design guru if they intend to use Hyundai’s BEV chassis, as the other rumor says. Conflicting rumors to my peanut brained mind.
    Because, as I pointed out in that other thread, just because they’re building their automobile in a Hyundai plant, in zero way means it has to be based on one model or another. The original iPhone was made in a factory that made other smartphones; was iPhone like any other smartphone? 

    Hyundai will just be a contract manufacturer, making Apple’s products to spec. Simple as that. 

    Edit: and this is great news, btw.

    Edit 2: and if there was a thread I missed (v possible), just because they’re using a base platform doesn’t mean the entire suspension can’t be completely reworked. All this stuff is pretty flexible and modular these days.
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  • Judge rules Tim Cook must sit through seven-hour 'Fortnite' deposition

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    GeorgeBMac said:

    -- Is a Libertarian opposed to any and all rules, regulations and authority
    Or

    That doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. I don’t think a libertarian judge would delight in hearing this case. In fact quite the opposite. Libertarians are typically very pro-free-market, which this case is pretty much the opposite of. 
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  • Facebook preparing to take Apple to court over iOS 14 privacy features

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    F_Kent_D said:
    Good luck Zuck. 
    Exactly what I came here to say! 
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  • 'Apple Car' may automatically configure seats, keep displays private

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    Well the seats & steering wheel changing by detecting what iPhone is in the driver’s seat is one of those “obvious idea obvious” things. but still pretty cool.. obviously. 

    I forget, is BMW charging an annual subscription for car key? 
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