{"id":210840,"date":"2024-03-07T03:17:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T03:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/07\/the-apple-car-would-have-been-adorable\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:08","slug":"the-apple-car-would-have-been-adorable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/07\/the-apple-car-would-have-been-adorable\/","title":{"rendered":"the Apple Car would have been adorable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After a decade of rumors and speculation, the Apple Car <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/the-apple-car-project-is-reportedly-dead-203012885.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:is dead;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a>. Last week, <em>Bloomberg <\/em> reported that the multibillion-dollar project had finally been scrapped. Reports about the electric vehicle never quite <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/the-apple-car-never-felt-real-163058168.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:seemed real;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a>, but now we have many new details about the car that never was thanks to an <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2024-03-06\/apple-car-s-crash-design-details-tim-cook-s-indecision-failed-tesla-deal?srnd=undefined&amp;sref=10lNAhZ9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:excellent post-mortem;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a> from <em>Bloomberg\u2019s <\/em>Mark Gurman.<\/p>\n<p>The story includes many astonishing details about various Apple executives\u2019 plans for the car, and why the project ultimately failed. But some of the best details are the descriptions of what the vehicle was supposed to look like.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Apple\u2019s leaders were adamant that the autonomous \u201cmicrobus\u201d should not include a steering wheel or pedals. It would have \u201cclub seating like a private plane\u201d and curved sides and a glass roof. Famed Apple designer Jony Ive thought the interior should be \u201ccovered in stainless steel, wood and white fabric,\u201d and that it should only come in one color: white.<\/p>\n<p>Since any actual mock-ups of the car, which Gurman says was sometimes referred to as the \u201cBread Loaf,\u201d are presumably locked deep inside a well-guarded Apple office, I did the next best thing and asked AI. The results are, actually, kind of cute?<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-carousel\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"Slideshow\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<p><span class=\"current\">1<\/span> \/ 5<\/p>\n<div class=\"description collapse-caption\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<h2 class=\"description-headline\">The Copilot Apple car<\/h2>\n<div class=\"description-caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"description-caption\"><\/p>\n<p>Copilot reallllly wanted it to have a steering wheel.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai-has-spoken-the-apple-car-would-have-been-adorable-020527007.html?src=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] After a decade of rumors and speculation, the Apple Car . Last week, Bloomberg reported that the multibillion-dollar project had finally been scrapped. 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