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Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Ending Decadelong Effort (www.bloomberg.com)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] circuitfarmer 26 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I think all those dongles hanging off the car would have been a problem anyway

[–] ApatheticCactus 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We put the charging port underneath the car!

[–] circuitfarmer 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Lightning (in the US; USB-C in the EU)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

And of course they'd save money by putting an iPhone battery in the car.

It has over 4 miles of range.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago
  • You need a dongle for that, sir.
  • A what?
  • A dongle.