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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…

  • Nollij@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    31·
    11 months ago

    You can 100% just look to Tesla to see what will happen. Tesla has been following the Apple model (“but on cars”) since the beginning.

    • Proprietary connectors? ✔️

    • Walled garden of accessories? ✔️

    • Blocking independent repairs? ✔️

    • Highly integrated experience? ✔️

    • Sleek and different, but not necessarily good? ✔️

    • Reality Distortion Field? ✔️

      • Nollij@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        51·
        11 months ago

        I was referring to the chargers (home and other). I know there’s a rich history, but I also know that it wasn’t being released free and clear when CCS was being developed.

        I acknowledge that they are now releasing NACS to the public. In other news, Apple is now using using USB-C. These may or may not be related.

          • Dyf_Tfh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            I personally think that Tesla plan is to forcefully change the IRA bill that mandate CCS connector on all federally funded charging station.

            With this bill, Tesla could lose their charging network advantage in the medium term, or even worse, be burdened by an obsolete “non-standard” in the long term.

          • Nollij@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            21·
            11 months ago

            ~6 months ago, they were completely proprietary. It’s being opened up now, but it doesn’t change the history. Tesla home chargers would not work on anything else. The cars came with an adapter to allow them to use J1772 chargers. The adapters to use a Tesla level 1/2 charger on a J1772 car are still hard to find, and mostly from sketchy sources.

            Tesla was also forced to adopt (or at least become compatible with) CCS2 in Europe. It’s not unreasonable to think that it could happen in the US. Releasing NACS puts them ahead of the curve rather than behind.