# Apple to make electric car with Kia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 3, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150 "2021-02-03T17:19:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/1 "2021-02-03T17:19:52Z")
I’m sure the Apple cult members will order one on day 1 > **[Kia stock soars on talk of Apple car deal | CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/tech/apple-car-kia-motors-stock-intl-hnk/index.html)** > > Kia Motors' stock just had its best day in more than two decades after news media in South Korea reported that it was closing in on a major deal with Apple. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/2 "2021-02-03T17:27:16Z")
The Kiapple will gain a huge cult following, despite costing substantially more than other electric cars. Buyers will then discover that each model is supported for only two years, and that each new model is bigger than the previous year’s. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/3 "2021-02-03T17:36:14Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > I’m sure the Apple cult members will order one on day 1 I was going to remark on the snarky “cult members” comment, but then I remembered how people used to line up to get a new iPhone on the first day of release. I like Apple products, but I haven’t seen one yet that I couldn’t wait a week or two to get. Anyway, the more options for EV the better. Godspeed ApppleKia. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/4 "2021-02-03T17:36:55Z")
and if you get cancer you get free juices to treat it like Steve Jobs. What’s he up to lately? Linux fans are pretty much a cult too but they can buy their hardware from many sources ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/5 "2021-02-03T17:47:41Z")
This makes more sense than for Apple to try making a car on its own, which is what I thought was going to happen. And I saw a new survey of existing EV owners that said they rated the Kia Niro high among existing electric cars. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/6 "2021-02-03T17:56:21Z")
Oh, look! Another anti-Apple thread by **Bijou\_Drains**. Wish this pony could learn a new trick. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/7 "2021-02-03T18:10:49Z")
bought my son and GF iphones. Bought my son ipad. GF uses macbook. I guess Apple wishes they had more negative people like me. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/8 "2021-02-03T21:13:38Z")
So Apple will be funding the development of a new car. Will it have any design input into the car at all? The article doesn’t really say, as best I could tell. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/9 "2021-02-03T21:17:37Z")
Will I have to take it to the Apple store for maintenance? Because that’s a deal breaker. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/10 "2021-02-03T22:33:06Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > So Apple will be funding the development of a new car. Will it have any design input into the car at all? The article doesn’t really say, as best I could tell. You think Apple’s not going to want to provide input? Of course they’ll provide input. I expect it will only support Apple technology and not Google for smartphone integration. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/11 "2021-02-03T22:40:02Z")
Who knows? Perhaps they’ll offer wireless induction charging. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/12 "2021-02-03T22:49:01Z")
That wouldn’t be a smart business move, but who knows. Now that you’ve mentioned it, though, I’m bothered by the notion that it might _require_ a smart phone to be used, which is a disturbing thought. I definitely don’t want the auto industry to go in that direction, because smartphones are Satan’s suppositories. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/13 "2021-02-03T22:57:53Z")
I was going to make the “first car with zero user maintainability” and “hood ~~welded~~ glued shut” jokes, but I realized they practically tell themselves without my help. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/14 "2021-02-03T23:22:27Z")
My car predates smartphone integration (by only a year or two) but I thought some makes support Google integration but not Apple or vice versa. So if an Apple/Kia car only supported Apple technology that wouldn’t be any different. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/15 "2021-02-03T23:26:21Z")
Well, it would be a “feature”. If the car has Apple integration but not Google integration, that’ll depress purchasing by Google phone users. Is Apple okay with that? Probably. Is Kia okay with that (as the cost of getting Apple’s money)? Probably. So maybe brace yourself. Myself, I’m bracing myself for “If you don’t have the most recent Apple phone (as determined by ‘updates’ that kill our older phones), then your damn car won’t start.” Hopefully it’ll be a couple years before that comes to pass, though. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/16 "2021-02-03T23:47:29Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > and if you get cancer you get free juices to treat it like Steve Jobs. What’s he up to lately? > > Linux fans are pretty much a cult too but they can buy their hardware from many sources You know, it’s weird to threadshit your own thread. If you just want to whine about apple and its fans, start a thread in the pit, not in MPSIMS. > [@beowulff](#): > > Oh, look! > Another anti-Apple thread by **Bijou\_Drains**. > Wish this pony could learn a new trick. Nonetheless, please don’t insult other posters outside the pit. Let’s stick to the apple/kia car in this thread, please. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/17 "2021-02-04T17:23:08Z")
@puzzlegal May I suggest locking the thread so a new one can be started which doesn’t include the digression in the OP? Can’t see how anyone opening the thread for the first time will be enticed to engage in a discussion on the topic considering that and the first few responses. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/18 "2021-02-04T17:27:27Z")
Since no one has replied, sure, let’s say this thread is done. Feel free to start a new one. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150/19 "2021-02-04T17:27:36Z")