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Project Titan, the Apple electric car project, has been underway since 2015. But the project has faced numerous delays and...

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…

  • @espentan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    78•5 months ago
    • 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.

    • @Plopp@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41•5 months ago
      • 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.
    • NullPointerEnglish
      23•5 months ago
      • all windows are opaque, you need apple vision pro to see out.
    • @Aopen@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      11•5 months ago
      • 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
    • Tiger JerusalemEnglish
      2•5 months ago
      • 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.
    • @Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•5 months ago
      • 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.