▲ 569 ▼ Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Ending Decadelong Effort (www.bloomberg.com) submitted 2 years ago* by ioslife@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world 149 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I know this is a joke about the stupid Apple mouse, but a car with a bottom (and normal) charging port would be pretty cool. Imagine just pulling into your garage and a giant MagSafe charger snaps to the bottom of your car. (Yes, I know this is unreasonable with current technology due to poor energy efficiency) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago I haven’t looked at the bottom of my car in a while, but judging by the amount of dust, mud and ice I see everywhere else, the bottom probably isn’t very clean. During January the ice coating got so thick that I had trouble opening the back doors. Makes me wonder how the charging port would handle that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I know this is a joke about the stupid Apple mouse, but a car with a bottom (and normal) charging port would be pretty cool. Imagine just pulling into your garage and a giant MagSafe charger snaps to the bottom of your car. (Yes, I know this is unreasonable with current technology due to poor energy efficiency) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago I haven’t looked at the bottom of my car in a while, but judging by the amount of dust, mud and ice I see everywhere else, the bottom probably isn’t very clean. During January the ice coating got so thick that I had trouble opening the back doors. Makes me wonder how the charging port would handle that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago I haven’t looked at the bottom of my car in a while, but judging by the amount of dust, mud and ice I see everywhere else, the bottom probably isn’t very clean. During January the ice coating got so thick that I had trouble opening the back doors. Makes me wonder how the charging port would handle that. permalink fedilink source parent