Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla in Electric Cars

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Post by tysone » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 11:17 PM UTC

Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla in Electric Cars
wsj.com

Re: Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla in Electric Cars

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Post by bcolb » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 11:35 PM UTC

Reading the title I thought to myself "Why not just link the WSJ article then?"

Answer: Paywall

Re: Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla in Electric Cars

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Post by calvintennant » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 11:41 PM UTC

"Apple would be looking to make such an enormous leap from its core competency — building great consumer electronics".

Don't electric cars fall into the category of consumer electronics?

Re: Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla in Electric Cars

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Post by trhway » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 11:42 PM UTC

DMCA - the law to protect platforms - has very interesting implication of silo-ization of the tech. Any tech, like in "tech"nology civilization.

Marching into the brave new world of silos, a car is an easy addition to Apple platform, while GM would need to build a platform to add to their cars.

Re: Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla in Electric Cars

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Post by pasta_2 » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 11:44 PM UTC

Nice of Elon Musk to open source Tesla's patents, will make things easier for Apple.

Re: Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla in Electric Cars

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Post by orand » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 11:44 PM UTC

At first I thought this was crazy. Then I realized it's all about extending Apple's ecosystem of hardware + software + services. Better together. Plus, they make their profits off hardware.

Re: Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla in Electric Cars

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Post by pokstad » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 11:46 PM UTC

Very interesting, but what is Wall Street Journal's success rate with Apple rumors? I know it's higher than most, but that was probably due to Walt Mossberg (who has left WSJ in recent times).

Re: Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla in Electric Cars

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Post by Dotnaught » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 11:48 PM UTC

bcolb wrote: post #2

Reading the title I thought to myself "Why not just link the WSJ article then?" Answer: Paywall

Enter WSJ headline into Google News search box. The corresponding link bypasses the paywall.

Re: Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla in Electric Cars

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Post by click170 » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 11:52 PM UTC

pasta_2 wrote: post #5

Nice of Elon Musk to open source Tesla's patents, will make things easier for Apple.

Who would you rather buy from though? The innovator, or the imitator?

Price may be the differentiating factor, but I think most ppl would choose the innovator.

Re: Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla in Electric Cars

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Post by bcolb » Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 11:52 PM UTC

Dotnaught wrote: post #8

bcolb wrote: post #2

Reading the title I thought to myself "Why not just link the WSJ article then?" Answer: Paywall

Enter WSJ headline into Google News search box. The corresponding link bypasses the paywall.

Right you are!

Here's the link for anyone interested:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-titan-car-project-to-chal...