'Apple registered domain names apple.car, apple.cars and apple.auto'
http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/industry-news/apple-fans-in-frenzy-over-icar-rumours-1.1969164 Apple fans in frenzy over iCar rumours motoring/industry-news / 11 January 2016 Ian Johnston Cupertino, California - Among its legions of devotees, there is nothing quite as stylish as a consumer product with an i at the beginning of its name. Apple broke the mould with the iPod, created a global phenomenon with the iPhone, perhaps paused to raise a few eyebrows with the iWatch, and now it appears the iCar could be just around the corner. The giant tech corporation sparked fevered speculation among its fans by registering an enticing sounding domain names including apple.car, apple.cars and apple.auto. Numerous reports in recent months have suggested Apple is secretly developing an electric car, but the domain name registration suggests it could be about to go public with its plans. PROJECT TITAN The MacRumors website, which first reported the news, said: “Apple has aggressively recruited engineers and other talent from Tesla, Ford, GM, Samsung, A123 Systems, Nvidia and elsewhere to work on the rumoured 'Apple Car' project, which has allegedly been called 'Project Titan' internally. “Electric motorcycle start-up, Mission Motors, even ceased operations after losing employees to Apple.” Such is the interest that designers have produced mock-ups of what an iCar might look like. Richard O'Brien, the head of communications at the Institute of the Motor Industry, and an Apple fan, said he was looking forward to the real thing and that he might become an early customer. “I would have thought the design would be completely different to any normal car, a proper disruptive design,” he said. “I love Apple products and I'm quite excited about it. I'd quite like an electric car, given what I know about them now and how cheap they are to run. And if it goes with the iPhone and iPad …” [© iol.co.za] http://sputniknews.com/science/20160109/1032861007/apple-develops-icar.html iRide: More Evidence Apple Hard at Work on Secretive Car Project? 09.01.2016 [image http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103286/06/1032860686.jpg tweet https://twitter.com/MirrorTech/status/685524396333789188/photo/1 @MirrorTech This is the biggest clue yet Apple is secretly building a self-driving 'iCar' http://bit.ly/1mIAVti https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CYN4uPYWEAE-FSS.jpg 10:12 AM - 8 Jan 2016 ] ... [© 2015 Sputnik] ... http://www.cbronline.com/news/internet-of-things/smart-technology/apple-gears-up-for-smart-cars-with-automotive-domains-4773143 Apple gears up for smart cars with automotive domains Jan 11, 2016 ... with the registration of auto-related top-level domain names including apple.car, apple.cars and apple.auto ... ... http://www.latinpost.com/articles/108392/20160115/apple-making-electric-car-tesla-chief.htm Apple Is Making an Electric Car, Says Tesla Chief Jan 15, 2016 So what's the deal about Apple making an electrical car? Tesla chief Elon Musk said it's Apple's "open secret." According to CBC, the project of Apple, which is formerly codenamed as Project Titan, came to light when … For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Apple-fan-frenzy-over-Titan-iCar-EV-s-disruptive-design-prospects-tp4679816.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
