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posted by CoolHand on Tuesday October 18 2016, @05:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the can't-make-cars-from-fruit dept.

http://jalopnik.com/apple-gives-up-on-building-its-own-car-because-the-enti-1787875242

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1st Gear: The Apple Car Is No More

Building cars is hard. Tesla knows that. Google learned it the hard way too. And the latest tech giant to discover limits to its car-building ambitions is Apple, which according to Bloomberg , has given up on making its own car.

Granted, I've always thought that Apple's ultimate aim was to develop software or technology it could use to partner with existing automakers, rather than its own vehicle, but now that definitely seems to be the case. Now Apple is focused on creating autonomous systems for other companies.


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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday October 19 2016, @09:48PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday October 19 2016, @09:48PM (#416363) Journal

    I was one of the beta testers for the Apple car. It refused to start unless i allowed it to pick my outfit, too.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @12:55PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @12:55PM (#416622)

    Comment seen on an automotive blog:

    > Of course Apple killed the automobile project. They couldn't stand building anything with Windows.