Posted on 02/03/2021 6:21:52 PM PST by dynachrome
The courtship between Apple and Hyundai's Kia to build an Apple car seems to be progressing nicely. According to a report by CNBC, the two companies are close to finalizing a deal that would have Kia building an electric, autonomous Apple vehicle at a Kia assembly plant in West Point, Georgia.
According to CNBC's sources, the deal hinges on Apple being in control of both the software and hardware of the vehicle. In other words, it would not be a Kia or Hyundai with Apple technology but would instead be an Apple vehicle that’s built by the Korean automaker in the United States under Apple’s direction
(Excerpt) Read more at caranddriver.com ...
Driverless, I suppose.
Kia has gotten to where they make very reliable cars.
It’s a good sign that Apple picked Kia.
Don’t want a car that might cancel me for my political views.
I will not buy an Apple car, or a Kia if they make them for Apple
Pass. Dont want a car to “not cooperate” when I click on Parler or Gab on the dashboard.
Hyundai Motor Co. board (and related people) are divided on this matter.
Servicing the brand, is a big problem.
Apple does not have the automotive service system experience, while consumer-ism is likely to blame the automaker.
How does Hyundai defend itself, when Apple screws up?
“You voted for Trump? Start walking!”
My Ram 1500 will go 475 miles if I keep it below 70 miles an hour. At 80 it will give me 400 miles. When an electric Truck will do this at the same price and recharge the batteries in 5 minutes all at the same price I will buy it.
With today’s technology that will not happen.
The real deal is energy density. Hydrocarbons have the greatest energy density, we call that gasoline and diesel or in the airlines Jet-A. There is a damn good reason 777s run on Jet A and turbines, batteries are heavy, very heavy.
Enthalpy is good, Entropy always wins.
Does your iphone prohibit either now?
Next week’s stack of EOs from the Joseph Stolen dictatorship will have something to kill that. Wait for it!
Not all batteries are heavy, yes edison batteries are heavy as are lead acid, ni-cad are lighter ni-mh are too.
Supercapacitors are light
We have been increasing battery capacity per unit of mass for a while and as massive money pours into this it will continue.
More of a problem is a standardized charging infrastructure.
But soon enough the Mr. Fusion breakthrough will change everything.
Kia and Hyndai have had motor issues.
Good they are trying out electrical engines
“Open the car door, Tim....”
Fusion power has been 20 years away for the last 50 years . . .
Just great. I live close enough to that plant to hit it with a rock. Now I’ll have to dodge all these little robotic Yapadoodles on top of the yokel drivers.
Don’t believe everything you hear, it adds to con-fusion
For example I heard military black budget tech is 50 years ahead of what is generally known.
[[[Kia has gotten to where they make very reliable cars.]]]
Except the 500K they are recalling for blown engines/fires.
https://apnews.com/article/c824c9c771c64e96b69082283e116786
Where an electric-smart Tesla might go for $100,000, a similarly equipped iCar will go for $200,000.
Aside from some missteps with Newton and Lisa...Apple doesn’t really screw up. They can afford to buy the best people. It will be a Tesla, but grown up.
Just drop a banana peel in the hopper.
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