The rumor mill hasn’t won for delays lately. Just yesterday we saw how Ming-Chi Kuo predicted the launch of his augmented and/or virtual reality headset would be delayed, and now Mark Gurman is popping up in Bloomberg with another supposed delay of several years.
The well-known leaker comments that Apple would have taken the decision to further delay your electric car project, sacrificing some of its functions to be less ambitious. In return, we would see an “Apple Car” in about three or four years. In March, Kuo was a bit more optimistic.
Apple’s initial idea had already been mentioned in other rumors, and it involved very strong changes in the concept of the domestic car: no steering wheel, no pedals. a car that that workscompletely automatic and in which it is enough to download and order a destination.
Now in Cupertino they have decided to lower expectations and will be looking to launch a car that is more on the level of what we are used to seeing. Yes, we could have self-driving vehicle functions on the highways, but the ‘Apple Car’ will have to be driven by people in towns and villages. And yes, for that you need a steering wheel and pedals. Additionally, autonomous driving would be heavily limited to a few well-proven areas at first.
The car would have its own chip, with four times the power of Apple’s “most powerful computer chips”. It will have screens and occupants will be able to entertain themselves with content while traveling. Release date ? 2026 at the earliest.
With the augmented/virtual reality headset, this “Apple Car” will be the major launch of a brand new product that will seek to upset an entire market. Will they get it? We’ll have to wait to see it.
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