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  • Hyundai in talks with Apple to produce 'Apple Car'

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    canukstorm said:
    seanie248 said:
    Looks like Hyundai just put themselves out of the game with that leak.....

    believe it or not, Hyundai make very good cars these days. Brother is a mechanic and he cant fault them.
    Compare that to the volume of Audi, VW, BMW, Opel that come in , and then you realise what manufacturers are pumping out crap.
    You would be surprised at how many "Big" names are using bought-in engines developed by the "lesser" brands.
    Pay a premium for your German car and find out the engine is actually from a French maker....  :#

    And some people think the iPhone is a walled Garden. Imagine paying €70,000 for a car and when the power steering needs to be changed, the car won't start unless Main Dealer re-program the car to recognise the new part !!!! 
    Or one car that would go into Limp Home mode randomly, but be fine the following day... turns out a home-burned audio CD was driving the ICE ECU mad at one track and that made the main ECU shutdown the car to emergency mode.
    Current car manufacturers know squat about developing software systems for cars that are secure and usable, and with smart, connected cars here now, they all need someone with experience in this area. Toyota/Lexus are the leaders in Hybrid/Battery tech , simply because they have been doing it for about 20 years.

    Think of CarPlay as the Motorola phone that had iTunes.....

    Hyundai has walked back on their statement

    After $8 billion surge in market value, Hyundai walks back statement it’s in talks over Apple Car (macdailynews.com)
    They should be investigated for stock manipulation and delisted on the US stock exchange.
    razorpit

  • Hyundai in talks with Apple to produce 'Apple Car'

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    AI_lias said:
    borps said:
    Why do they aim so low?
    If they want to build the best cars they'll have to go with German or Japanese engineering. Not Hyundai, yet another Korean me-too manufacturer...

    Germans don’t make very reliable cars. 

    Germany makes the highest quality cars. You’re misinformed or have an interest in spreading misinformation.
    qwerty52caladanian

  • Hyundai in talks with Apple to produce 'Apple Car'

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    I sure wish it had been Toyota.
    VW Group would’ve been better. They have a wide range of very high quality vehicles and the engineering know-how to build it.

    Then again, here’s the “official” quote from Hyundai.

    “We understand that Apple is in discussion with a variety of global automakers, including Hyundai Motor. As the discussion is at its early stage, nothing has been decided,” a representative from Hyundai Motor told CNBC’s Chery Kang.

    If Steve Jobs was alive and overseeing this, Hyundai would be blacklisted for a decade for merely mentioning such a thing. Cook should follow Jobs’ lead on this one.
    watto_cobraramanpfaffrazorpitanantksundaramchasmcaladanianjony0

  • Loup Ventures imagines new Apple services like 'Mail+' or 'Stocks+'

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    jgreg728 said:
    Ugh. Reading this made me feel sick. 
    There’s nothing inherently wrong with offering premium tier services and Apple needs more options for people who want more.
    watto_cobradoozydozen

  • Apple vertical integration could boost 'Apple Car' margins, threaten Tesla

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    mknelson said:
    CheeseFreeze said:
    They’re a decade behind on autonomous driving and data models.
    6 years at the most and even that's a stretch- Tesla didn't start introducing "Autopilot" hardware until September 2014. Project Titan started around the same time.

    Plus, all the years of Apple maps data, image recognition technology, etc.
    Apple has been partnered with “Didi”, the Chinese Uber and collecting driving data for years.
    Beatswatto_cobra