Silicon Valley electric cars are dead
On the death of Apple's car and the false promises of EV startups: out now in The Spectator
“The failure of the electric vehicle project singularly reflects the culture and hubris of Apple — a company that screams about its innovative, first-mover mentality while almost exclusively following what others started. But it also underlines that the promise of the Silicon Valley EV future has largely been a pipe dream. If you look at the past ten years and compare the record of electric car startups with that of traditional automakers, there’s a lot more press for the former, but the latter has been far more successful, only really tripping when they tried to match the EV startups.”
Out now in The Spectator: on the cancellation of Apple’s electric car project, and the false promises of EV start-ups. Read it now!