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Apple in talks with luxury carmaker McLaren

Apple has approached McLaren Technology Group, the British supercar engineer and Formula One team owner, about a potential acquisition, in the clearest sign yet that the iPhone maker is seeking to transform the automotive industry.
The California technology group, which has been working on a self-driving electric vehicle for more than two years, is considering a full takeover of McLaren or a strategic investment, according to three people briefed on the negotiations who said talks started several months ago.

A tie-up with McLaren, whose expertise ranges from automotive engineering and on-board computer systems to novel chassis materials such as carbon fibre and aluminium, could accelerate Apple’s secretive automotive project. Apple and McLaren declined to comment.

The lossmaking automotive group was likely to be valued at between £1bn and £1.5bn, the people said, adding that it was not clear a deal would be done.

That would make it Apple’s biggest acquisition since the $3bn purchase of Beats Electronics, the audio group founded by Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine, in 2014.

Earlier this year, Apple invested $1bn in Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing company. That deal was Apple’s largest equity investment to date, as chief executive Tim Cook gradually breaks with the Silicon Valley company’s longstanding aversion to large deals.

McLaren produces luxury sports cars that can cost as much as $1m apiece and owns an advanced technologies group, as well as the eponymous Formula One racing team. The owners of McLaren Technology control 80 per cent of McLaren Automotive. It produced 1,654 vehicles last year, generating revenues of £450m, and has pledged to invest £1bn in the next six years on research and development.

McLaren Technology reported revenues of £265m and pre-tax losses of £22.6m in 2014, its last published accounts. It is owned by Ron Dennis, its chairman, Mansour Ojjeh, and Mumtalakat, Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund.

Apple’s interest in the Woking-based company centres on its technology, engineering prowess and patent portfolio, according to people briefed on the talks. However, those people cautioned that it was unclear if a deal would go ahead following a recent shift in Apple’s car strategy.

Since 2014, Apple has built up a team of hundreds of engineers and designers to work on the electric car venture, including recruits from companies such as Tesla and Mercedes-Benz. Its original team leader, Steve Zadesky, left earlier this year, and Apple veteran Bob Mansfield took over the project.

In recent weeks, dozens of employees have departed, people familiar with the changes have said, as Mr Mansfield refocuses Apple’s efforts on the underlying systems that would power a self-driving car rather than building an electrical vehicle itself.

Despite recent reports of those changes, some Apple analysts have questioned whether the company would depart from its traditional strategy of controlling both the hardware and software in its products.

Some investors have hoped that Apple would make a move on Tesla, the Silicon Valley electric carmaker led by Elon Musk. At its annual meeting last year, Apple shareholders peppered Mr Cook with questions about whether he planned to acquire Tesla, which he carefully sidestepped.

Mr Cook has never publicly acknowledged Apple’s automotive project, but many of its top executives are car enthusiasts. Phil Schiller, Apple’s marketing chief, is said to own a McLaren, and Eddy Cue, its services head, sits on the board of Ferrari, while top designer Sir Jonathan Ive has expressed his fondness for Bentleys and Aston Martins.

[Cuky]

onda bi uskoro na stazi mogli imati iCar Honda?

[speedy56]

Naletio sam na zanimljivu činjenicu, naime... McLaren je jedina momčad osim Mercedesa koja je vodila u konstruktorskom poretku u hibridnoj eri

[F1NAC]

Tješi se

[Cuky]

to nakon 1. utrke 2014.?

[speedy56]

to nakon 1. utrke 2014.?

Tako je. S drugim i trećim mjesto su dobili više bodova nego Mercedes samo sa prvim (da Hamilton nije odustao u toj utrci Mercedes bi do danas imao 100% učinak što se WCC-a tiče)

Tješi se

da.... jer će biti i sljedeća momčad nakon Merca koja će voditi WCC (barem nakon nekoliko pivica... )

[popeye]

S druge strane, Hasegawa je dao vrlo kratku izjavu za nizozemske novine Algemeen Dagblad:

“Motor će sljedeće godine biti u rangu Mercedesovog.”

[Toon]

ovo ja vidim kao napredak - negdje u 6 mjesecu su izjave bile da će biti blizu mercedesu, sada su u rangu mercedesa tako da početkom 2017 možemo očekivati izjave da su Honda i Mcl prestigli mercedes...eto...nakon par utrka slijedeće godine možemo očekivati nove vanredne promjene pravila jer će honda i mcl biti toliko dominantni da će postojanje i utrkivanje ostalih momčadi postati besmisleno...hmmm nije loše...

[F1NAC]

ovo ja vidim kao napredak - negdje u 6 mjesecu su izjave bile da će biti blizu mercedesu, sada su u rangu mercedesa tako da početkom 2017 možemo očekivati izjave da su Honda i Mcl prestigli mercedes...eto...nakon par utrka slijedeće godine možemo očekivati nove vanredne promjene pravila jer će honda i mcl biti toliko dominantni da će postojanje i utrkivanje ostalih momčadi postati besmisleno...hmmm nije loše...

Cisto da te spustim na zemlju, Alonso starta zadnji u Maleziji zbog nove PU i to je + 30 mjesta. Ha!

[Cuky]

Novo stražnje krilo za McLaren u Maleziji

[F1NAC]

Ako se ne varam to je ono krilo koje su isprobali u singapuru ali nisu koristili u trci

[Cuky]

yes, u pravu si

[Toon]

Cisto da te spustim na zemlju, Alonso starta zadnji u Maleziji zbog nove PU i to je + 30 mjesta. Ha!

...čouj ovega fakina...pa na zemlji sam probisvjete...postić je u sarkastičnom stilu napisan ali uvijek zaboravim da i ti čitaš i da moram paziti na stilska sredstva, fonetiku, a onomatopeje, metafore, alogizmi, silepse i ostale tebi nepoznate riječi ne smijem ni u primislima upotrijebiti...i da ti pojasnim opet se sprdam i šegačim...isto kao što to vjerojatno rade i ovi u Mcl i Hondi...

[F1NAC]

Ma znam da se sprdas nego cisto da ti takve ideje ne padaju u stvarnosti napamet ddddd

[Dani]

Ovo obećava za sljedeću sezonu.

[popeye]

Kad bi Mclaren sledece godine zavrsio na 3. mestu ispred Ferarija niko srecniji od Alonsa

[F1NAC]

Alonso sutra: Gp2 chassis, Gp2 arghhh

Haas ih samara

Edit:

jedan info koji nađoh vezan je za ispušne grane

Japanese F1 journalist, Mr.Yoneya, reported for us his site that new Honda exaust manifold is priced 6-7million yen.
When 1 race week is over, the parts must be changed. That was Inconel and lightened several kilograms.

u dolarima je to 65000. jeeez

[popeye]

Mclaren totalno razocarao sa 'novim' motorom. 15. bah

[dmarijon]

Vidljivo da su očekivali više. možda trka bude bolja.

[F1NAC]

Prošle godine sa "GP2 engine" završili 11. i 16. sa krugom zaostatka, ove godine su završili 16. i 18. sa krugom zaostatka.

[King iCool]

Prošle godine na kraju imali 27 bodova ove sa 4 utrke do kraja 62...

[F1NAC]

Nema se para za grijace guma

[F1NAC]

Fotke od Hondinog stroja

Wastegateovi


Ulaz zraka u kompresor

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Neznam dali ste gledali emisiju ‚‚Whealer Dealers‚‚ na Discovery kanala, kada je onaj smešni tandem kupio i preradio prvu generaciju Honde Civik od 70-tih. Još na tom motoru je Honda već imala palenje smeše po principu mnogo sličnim koji danas imaju Mercedes i Ferari(palenje pomoću već upalene male količine smeše).

Interesantno je bilo gledati kako još tada je imalo jedan veći i jedan manji usisni kanal koji je služio kao pomoćno sredstvo za palenje smeše