Ask HN: When is Apple's EV going to be released?

Re:Ask HN: When is Apple's EV going to be released? by kingkongjaffa on Monday September 06, 2021 @05:16PM (#28438200)

I suspect as Dyson learned, Apple is also learning: it's not as easy as it looks.

Automotive is a hard game both in engineering and in building a reliable supply chain.

Tim Cook can definitely boast a track record when it comes to supply chain so they are in a _better_ place than Dyson at a guess.

here's an interesting thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/pgl51b/apple_reported...

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Re:Ask HN: When is Apple's EV going to be released? by PhantomGremlin on Monday September 06, 2021 @06:05PM (#28438622)

it's not as easy as it looks

I'd love to see Apple try, even if it's just for the lulz.

Apple struggled for years to deliver a functioning laptop keyboard. A car is a bit more complicated.

How many dongles would you need to buy before the car had reasonable functionality? Would the power source be optional?

The other confounding factor is that an Apple car might feature "self driving". I'd also lol at that, but Musk has demonstrated that vaporware is quite acceptable there.

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Re:Ask HN: When is Apple's EV going to be released? by lostlogin on Monday September 06, 2021 @11:46PM (#28440728)

> Apple struggled for years to deliver a functioning laptop keyboard. A car is a bit more complicated.

One of the biggest car makers found it cheaper to pay out for customers that got burned up by faulty cars, as fixing them all was too expensive.

Apple choosing to sort its keyboard issues in a way that initially didn’t include fixing a bad design would appear to be following a well trodden path.

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