Bloomberg: Apple targets 2028 release date for its own electric vehicle

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Bloomberg: Apple targets 2028 release date for its own electric vehicle::Project Titan, the Apple electric car project, has been underway since 2015. But the project has faced numerous delays and...

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  • Proprietary charging ports/stations, $50/KWh.
  • Increasingly slower acceleration as the vehicle goes out of warranty.
  • Any attempt at repairing faults with the car is a breach of TOS.
  • Turn signals, headlights, stereo.. all features are $5/month on the Apple Store.
  • Apple Maps will guide you into ravines and gardens.

Apple lovers would mortgage their home just to be on the waiting list.

  • The underside is made of glass.
  • You have to hold the steering wheel at 9 and 3 or it won't work.
  • Is only compatible with the Apple ecosystem of accessories such as wheels, tires, child seats etc.

The charge port is on the bottom.

Acceleration and brake pedals are butterfly

Door close sensors have to be calibrated upon replacement by a proprietary tool not made available to the public

EU forces USB-C charger on it because the board computer is technically a smartphone.

Locks you out if it detects an Android device on you or any of your passengers.

Nonono! That’s not how “you’re holding it wrong works! It’s 11 and 7.

  • 3rd party charging stations throttled to half of power
  • 3rd party parts will display random errors while driving
  • glowing apple logo 24/7
  • system updated till 2100
  • locked bootloader
  • proprietary tires
  • 583 types of screwdrivers required to disassemble 83636 unique screws
  • scientists having to invent new substance to unglue battery
  • critical error no 62 bricking car, no one knows what it means
  • fatal design flaw gets never fixed, drop of water connects engine trace with main computer trace, everything burned with 100 kV
  • hard to reach weak chip, because manufacturer wanted to save $0.0006
  • seats are sold separately, are basic with no adjustability but follow aesthetic. Costs $10,000 each.
  • replaces high and low beams with mid beams so it's less confusing for the user.
  • no speakers or anywhere to plug them in, but your Apple representative will be happy to upsell you a set of air buds and chargers for each seat.
  • proprietary light bulbs, tires and air valves.
  • can only open anything engine related like fluids at the dealership.
  • can only fix broken windows at the dealership.
  • repairing means having to swap the old car for a new one for a fee, or stay with the defective car. The old car will be shredded to "save the environment", following their "green" practices.