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Add on another $20k for the unions and other payoffs.
Dan Akerson has cautioned them against it.
Dan Akerson has cautioned them against it.
LTLFTcomposite said:Add on another $20k for the unions and other payoffs.
Dan Akerson has cautioned them against it.
rexki said:We are now at $21,100 wholesale - put in the 40% margin - Sell it for $35,000
At that price they would control the world!!!
Sell 10,000,000 units/year and gross $350 billion and gross margin of $139 billion. Lets hope Elon Musk can keep up with battery demand!!
kubel said:http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/19/8068625/apple-electric-car-battery-plans-lawsuit
People / small companies regularly sue big companies without getting bankrupt.EVDRIVER said:Is it illegal to hire people? Good luck suing Apple, that would run A123 into the ground. If the use Siri then any vehicle will never get you where you want to go.
The company adds that all five individuals were working under contracts with noncompete and nondisclosure obligations, and that their departure has forced to A123 to shut down the projects they were responsible for because of the lack of similar talent.
Apple’s possible foray into cars follows a similar path it’s taken to break into other industries. The company wasn’t the first to make a digital-music player or smartphone, and only entered those markets once it had a product that redefined those categories.
rexki said:LTLFTcomposite said:Add on another $20k for the unions and other payoffs.
Dan Akerson has cautioned them against it.
Apple does not deal with Unions - only 49% / 51% Chinese Government joint ventures!!
Apple does not manufacture anything - period and likely never will - period - they get others to take care of the dirty work at cost below production cost!!
mwalsh said:They've been poaching Tesla employees like Tesla is going out of buisness.
And since that's how Musk got SpaceX going (at the expense of the company I work for), I'm glad to see karma finally stating to kick him in the arse.
Not that you're bitter though, right?mwalsh said:They've been poaching Tesla employees like Tesla is going out of buisness.
And since that's how Musk got SpaceX going (at the expense of the company I work for), I'm glad to see karma finally stating to kick him in the arse.
What could NOT be better than an EV system dropped into a 1980's style Corolla ....evnow said:If they are hiring a 1,000 people - it is possible they are looking at building a car. They may do it completely differently than Tesla - may be use the Coda model - but in a better way.....snip.....
evnow said:EVDRIVER said:The company adds that all five individuals were working under contracts with noncompete and nondisclosure obligations, and that their departure has forced to A123 to shut down the projects they were responsible for because of the lack of similar talent.
But this case lends more credibility to the iEV rumor. You don't need battery experts for iPlay.
DNAinaGoodWay said:There's some speculation that Apple may not sell EVs, but rather a transportation service based on autonomous drive, but it's hard to see that being viable by 2020.
Interesting - but A123 will fight this in MA, not CA. Afterall Apple would be a registered business in MA as well because of the stores.DesertSprings said:Non-competes aren't legally enforceable in California, unless you were one of the owners in the company and the company is getting dissolved. So as long as Apple is based in California (which I'm pretty sure they are), A123 can't enforce the non-compete.
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The world’s largest Apple product is taking shape in Cupertino.
Apple is just one of several huge tech companies in the Bay Area building corporate campuses this year. But its project is perhaps the most secretive.
So when I asked for a tour, I didn’t expect to get one. Other reporters told me the company rarely talks to the press.
But Apple’s press team seemed to like the idea of talking about the green innovations in their new building...
Known as “the spaceship” – or, if you prefer, the “donut” – the building will be a glass and concrete ring, a mile in circumference, surrounded by trees and rolling hills. Much of the new building will be sculpted from the remains of the former Hewlett Packard campus that used to be on site. Fifteen thousand people will work here...
Currently, 70 percent of Apple’s employees commute by car, alone, says Whisenhunt.
“This isn’t an office building,” Jackson says. “This is an R&D facility. Think of a national lab. Think of NASA. That’s the level of work that’s happening here.”
The new campus is expected to open in late 2016.
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