Will the Apple electric car be built in Ireland?

Rhys Essien · 13-05-2015 01:14PM #1

Article here seems to think it could be in their plans.

http://www.itproportal.com/2015/05/13/will-apple-electric-car-built-ireland/

Whether they will or not it looks like they could be going ahead with a major expansion anyway.Another great jobs boost.

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/item/41966-apple-planning-to-double-si

nokia69 · 13-05-2015 01:16PM

I doubt it

manufacturing like that won't see much growth in Ireland

fizzypish · 13-05-2015 01:19PM

Why would they build a car for the European market on an Island......

Mr. Incognito · 13-05-2015 01:19PM

Worked well for the delorian.......

Oh wait

dodderangler · 13-05-2015 01:20PM

What she like on dazel Laaaaddddd

Sleepy · 13-05-2015 01:22PM

Can't see it making any sense tbh: expensive workforce, expensive power, expensive transport to continent...

Read the article. Apple may run the accounting from Ireland but you can guarantee the cars will be made in a low-cost economy (China, Eastern Europe etc.)

WoollyRedHat · 13-05-2015 01:22PM

I think the google one will pip it to the post.

RobertKK · 13-05-2015 01:24PM

Maybe Apple buy Tesla and replace Tim Cook with Elon Musk.

Vex Willems · 13-05-2015 01:25PM

Develope in Ireland maybe, I'd imagine they'd be a long way from going into production

Maximus Alexander · 13-05-2015 01:27PM

I heard that if you put your hand on the wrong part of the steering wheel the engine cuts out.

anncoates · 13-05-2015 01:35PM

It's supposed to be the first ever vehicle that will run entirely on self-satisfied emissions.

Banjo String · 13-05-2015 01:36PM

I heard if you don't sync it with iTunes regularly the wheels explode at 88 kmh.

nokia69 · 13-05-2015 01:40PM

RobertKK wrote: »

Maybe Apple buy Tesla and replace Tim Cook with Elon Musk.

I hope not cook is not a patch on Musk

jmayo · 13-05-2015 01:41PM

Why the hell would they not build it in China like everything else. :rolleyes:

And "Designed by Apple in Cork, Assembled in China" doesn't have quiet the appeal.

fryup · 13-05-2015 06:17PM

fizzypish wrote: »

Why would they build a car for the European market on an Island......

why not, the UK has lots of car factories

....and don't forget Ford had a tractor factory in cork not so long ago

nokia69 · 13-05-2015 06:23PM

fryup wrote: »

why not, the UK has lots of car factories

....and don't forget Ford had a tractor factory in cork not so long ago

but the UK has its own large market, we don't

for the same reasons Cork no longer has a tractor factory, Apple won't be be building cars here

who the fug · 13-05-2015 06:25PM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Worked well for the delorian.......

Oh wait

For the drugs to kick in

fryup · 13-05-2015 06:29PM

nokia69 wrote: »

but the UK has its own large market, we don't

but can't we shipped them to mainland europe and UK,

who the fug · 13-05-2015 06:43PM

fryup wrote: »

but can't we shipped them to mainland europe and UK,

So we ship all the components in , make the car , export the car

Even calling it an Icar will not cover that expense

Also we built (stole) cars in cork not tractors

kneemos · 13-05-2015 06:45PM

fizzypish wrote: »

Why would they build a car for the European market on an Island......

Depends on the tax breaks.
Nissan I think build in the UK and use those huge transporter ships.
Might be viable.

fryup · 13-05-2015 06:54PM

who the fug wrote: »

Also we built (stole) cars in cork not tractors

they did build tractors there

in 1929 production of Ford tractors began at the Cork factory again and the plant became, for a time, the only Ford plant in the world making tractors.

Nucular Arms · 13-05-2015 07:04PM

I assume they'll build any future products where they've built all their products to date, the dilapidated labour camps of some rural Chinese backwater.

Tax breaks in Ireland may be good, but you just can't get away with working people till they literally kill themselves over here.

LordSutch · 13-05-2015 07:20PM

Here's a pre production model

Pedal power + batteries!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Sinclair_c5_side.jpg

Yurt2 · 13-05-2015 07:20PM

fizzypish wrote: »

Why would they build a car for the European market on an Island......

Japan is quite islandy, someone should tell them to stay out of the automotive game.

In fact nothing should be made on islands, it's a poor idea.

Kaizersoze81 · 13-05-2015 07:24PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

I heard that if you put your hand on the wrong part of the steering wheel the engine cuts out.

You're steering it the wrong way

Eugene Norman · 13-05-2015 07:27PM

jmayo wrote: »

Why the hell would they not build it in China like everything else. :rolleyes:

And "Designed by Apple in Cork, Assembled in China" doesn't have quiet the appeal.

I don't see Chinese manufactured cars taking over the world.

Rhys Essien · 13-05-2015 07:28PM

If Apple made a car would it have windows??;)

c_man · 13-05-2015 07:28PM

Right, so what are the potential 2000 new jobs in Apple Cork going to be involved in then?

Eugene Norman · 13-05-2015 07:30PM

fryup wrote: »

but can't we shipped them to mainland europe and UK,

No. That's impossible because they have to be shipped from China instead.

The contradictory opinions on this thread are to be expected. I suppose. It's the Internet.

That said, while cars with high margins could easily be manufactured in cork I suspect they are just doing their typical sales and after sales there.

Eugene Norman · 13-05-2015 07:32PM

kneemos wrote: »

Depends on the tax breaks.
Nissan I think build in the UK and use those huge transporter ships.
Might be viable.

No no. They will be made in China and downloaded to Germany via the Internet.

kneemos · 13-05-2015 07:32PM

Eugene Norman wrote: »

No. That's impossible because they have to be shipped from China instead.

The contradictory opinions on this thread are to be expected. I suppose. It's the Internet.

That said, while cars with high margins could easily be manufactured in cork I suspect they are just doing their typical sales and after sales there.

Hope you're not suggesting an Apple product won't have a high margin?

Will the Apple electric car be built in Ireland?

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