Thoughts on Apple Car, Part 159 — When this year’s World Wide Developers Conference kicked off, it wasn’t what I hoped for. But there were more signs that cars are top of mind at Apple than I expected. So let’s have a little fun and dig into the clues that we did get.

Thoughts on Apple Car, Part 158 — This blog is mostly about Apple Car’s design, and although we touch on other things like business and technology, I keep coming back to the basic principles of industrial design for mobility. One of those cornerstones is the question of aerodynamics and what role they really play. When I started…

Thoughts on Apple Car, Part 157 — One aspect of driving in Apple Car we did not cover so far, is night driving. The experience of driving in a car by night is special, and has inspired humanity and especially pop culture for decades. It’s more dangerous, it’s mysterious and somewhat an even more direct experience of…

Thoughts on Apple Car, Part 156 — In The Circular Couch Theory, I explained the rationale between installing the complex hardware tech required for an autonomous car and hiding it with a superimpose design. The Circular Couch Theory Thoughts on Apple Car, Part 150medium.com Based on this foundational concept, Stefan built and rendered the beautiful images below, showing Apple Car as we envision it.

This year’s strike was different than any before. During a lockdown, the challenge was to have as many people in a safe and legal environment. The brilliant idea of the organisers was a chain of people around the city’s imperial ring road, each individual with a three meter distance to…

Thoughts on Apple Car, Part 155 — About a year ago, I drew the sketch above into my notebook. It was the result of my fascination about Micromobility and its connection to autonomous cars. Both are already here and will be living in co-existence, but in this sketch I took the connection of the two literally. A…

Thoughts on Apple Car, Part 154 — Bikes are a fun business: There is no market leader, there are gazillions of makes and designs, and since the bike was invented back in the 19th century, it is in use in every corner of the globe by all ages and demographics. Bikes are a tool so universal, it’s…

Thoughts on Apple Car, Part 153 — A half an hour ride from where Tim Cook graduated, in Auburn, Alabama, Kia operates its Georgia based manufacturing plant which is rumoured to be partnering with Apple in creating Apple Car. A volume auto brand of Hyundai, Kia is said to be among the most reliable car brands out…