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Tesla ´s E. Musk hoopt alleszins dat Apple er eindelijk eens werk van maakt.
Natuurlijk kon hij het niet laten Apple wat uit te dagen.

http://www.finanzen.net/nachricht/ak...ert-34-4915255
02.06.2016

Elon Musk über Apples Auto-Pläne: "Ich hoffe, dass es funktioniert"

Tesla-Chef Elon Musk, rechnet damit, dass Apple tatsächlich ein ernstzunehmender Wettbewerber auf dem Fahrzeugmarkt werden könnte. Doch einen Seitenhieb gegen den Tech-Riesen kann er sich nicht verkneifen.

Apple heeft voorlopig "de boot gemist" betreft autonome E-auto´s:
http://www.finanzen.net/nachricht/ak...adshow-4915016

Musk heeft natuurlijk recht van spreken, hij doet niets anders als steeds opnieuw te investeren (incl CEO, ...) en armer wordt hij er zeker niet van, want vandaag is hij tot 94e rijkste van de wereld opgeklommen met # 12,7 miljard $ , in *2012 stond Musk bij 2 miljard $:
*http://www.forbes.com/sites/calebmel.../#164340df116e
# http://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-m...t=billionaires
Aktieve stichtingen-investeringen van E. Musk (bronnen Wiki):
2002: SpaceX : Founder, CEO und CTO / ~ 5000 werknemers
2003: Tesla Motors Inc. : Founder, Chairman and CEO / 13.058 werknemers
2006: SolarCity : Founder and Chairman / 9051 werknemers
2013: Hyperloop : projectleider (valt onder Space X)
2015: OpenAI: Founder

Soit dit topic gaat natuurlijk over Apple, ttz hun iCar ook onder codewoord Titan** refs Wiki.
filmpje, designstudie ~ 1 jaar oud:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i5gFwEhGPk
http://www.chip.de/news/Apple-iCar-N..._76548525.html

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_...ic_car_project

... November 2015, after unknown EV startup Faraday Future announced a $1 billion U.S. factory project,[29] some speculated that it might actually be a front for Apple's secret car project.[30][31]

In 2016, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk stated that Apple will probably make a compelling electric car: "It's pretty hard to hide something if you hire over a thousand engineers to do it"[32]
11 jan 2016: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35280633

In May 2016, there were reports indicating Apple was interested in electric car charging stations.[33]
26 mei 2016 : http://in.reuters.com/article/apple-...-idINKCN0YG25R

List of names claimed to be working on the unconfirmed project

Jamie Carlson, an engineer on Tesla's Autopilot self-driving car program, and before that he worked on automotive vision systems for Michigan-based supplier Gentex Corp.[34]
Megan McClain, a former Volkswagen AG engineer with expertise in automated driving.[34]
Vinay Palakkode, a graduate researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, a hub of automated driving research.[34]
Xianqiao Tong, an engineer who developed computer vision software for driver assistance systems at microchip maker Nvidia Corp NVDA.O.[34]
Paul Furgale, former deputy director of the Autonomous Systems Lab at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.[34]
Sanjai Massey, an engineer with experience in developing connected and automated vehicles at Ford and several suppliers.[34]
Stefan Weber, a former Bosch engineer with experience in video-based driver assistance systems.[34]
Lech Szumilas, a former Delphi research scientist with expertise in computer vision and object detection.[34]
Doug Betts, former global quality leader at Fiat Chrysler.[35]
Johann Jungwirth, former head of research and development at Mercedes[36] - left for VW in Nov. 2015[37]
Mujeeb Ijaz, a former Ford Motor Co. engineer, who founded A123 Systems's Venture Technologies division, which focused on materials research, electrical battery cell product development and advanced concepts (who helped recruited four to five staff researchers from A123, a battery technology company)[16]
Nancy Sun, formerly vice president of electrical engineering at electric motorcycle company Mission Motors in San Francisco[38]
Mark Sherwood, formerly director of powertrain systems engineering at Mission Motors[38]
Eyal Cohen, formerly vice president of software and electrical engineering at Mission Motors[38]
Jonathan Cohen, former director of Nvidia's deep learning software[39] Nvidia uses deep learning in its Nvidia Drive PX platform, which is used in driver assistance systems.[40]
Chris Porritt - former Tesla vice president of vehicle engineering and former Aston Martin chief engineer.[41]