Former Apple VP To Aid Vehicle Development At Tesla

It seems as of late that Tesla is becoming to cars what Apple already is to computing, smartphones, digital music players and tablets. Thus, it should be as no surprise that the automaker has brought aboard former Apple vice president of Mac hardware engineering Doug Field to help them develop “insanely great” new vehicles.

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I, For One, Welcome Our One-Wheeled Electric Motorcycle Overlords

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Segway Company Owner Dies In Segway Accident
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