Apple worked on the Apple Car for a decade, but decided to abandon the project. This was the possible design of the Apple Car!
Apple discontinues Apple Car
Apple has been working on its own car for more than ten years, but last month it became clear that the Apple Car will definitely not be available. Jeff Williams, the manager of Project Titan, told approximately two thousand employees at the end of February that the development of the Apple Car is being halted. There will be no car for the time being, but the company has tested various designs for the Apple Car.
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It was unclear for a long time what Apple’s car would look like. The usually reliable Apple expert Mark Gurman has now shared a number of possible designs of the Apple Car. This means we finally have an idea of Apple’s first car, which ultimately won’t happen after all. Curious about the electric car? Then check out the designs Apple is rumored to have considered!
First design resembles Volkswagen ID Buzz
According to Mark Gurman, the design of the first Apple Car looked more like a van than a standard car. For example, between 2010 and 2017, Apple worked on a design that is very similar to the Volkswagen ID Buzz. That car appeared in 2017 and it is no surprise that Volkswagen chose this prototype. After 2010, a number of Apple employees started at Volkswagen.
The design of the Apple Car had long been shared within the company itself. According to rumors, Apple planned to make the interior of the car extremely luxurious, resembling a private plane or limousine. The car would seat four people, with large seats or armchairs. The company wanted to place a large television in the middle of the Apple Car, where you could watch videos or use FaceTime.
Canon Lifestyle has a similar design
When the Apple Car was first designed, the intention was that the car could drive completely autonomously. That idea was also taken into account in 2020, when the Apple Car prototype most closely resembled the Canon Lifestyle. Apple planned to make the front and back of the car the same, making it look like you were always driving forward.
In this design of the Apple Car, the roof was made entirely of sun-resistant glass. On the inside, Apple wanted to go for a minimalist white design, with again a large iPad or television in the middle. Nice detail: Apple was working on special air conditioning for the car, where fresh air was blown down along the ceiling. This was most reminiscent of the air controls in an airplane.
Latest design of the Apple Car
The most recent – and final – design of the Apple Car resembled a Tesla Model X. The doors would open upwards, but the car was still not designed for a traditional driver. Apple planned to make the car completely autonomous. Only later were the two front seats moved towards the window and Apple added accelerator pedals and a steering wheel.
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The Apple Car went back from Level 5 to Level 2 in the field of autonomous driving. Level 5 is fully autonomous, with Level 2 the car only provides support at certain times while driving. To achieve this, the design of the Apple Car had to be significantly overhauled, for example the front and rear windows had to become a lot larger. In the last design, the driver’s seat and the passenger’s seat could still be rotated, as you see in campers, for example.
Final end of Apple’s own car?
Apple has tried various futuristic designs for the Apple Car, but in the end the car never materialized. That does not mean that we will never see an Apple Car, because the company has previously pulled the plug on the project. After that, Project Titan was resumed again, so who knows what Apple plans to do in the coming years. It could be that Apple will start working on a new design for the Apple Car again.
The team behind the car has been disbanded for the time being, but fortunately that did not mean that all employees were fired. They are now working on the AI functions that we will see in iOS 18. It is therefore not necessarily bad news that the Apple Car is being phased out, because more time is being spent on the development of iOS. 18. It has to be, because it will reportedly be the biggest update for the iPhone ever.
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