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Apple Allegedly Discussing Apple Car With Automotive Suppliers, TSMC Working on 'Self-Driving' Chips
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For self driving? It will have its benefits. Tesla's chip requires liquid cooling and they went custom because they couldn't source good enough chips from Nvidia.
In a self-driving ICE car, they'll be limited to how much power they can throw at the computational resources. In a self-driving BEV, lower power usage will translate to higher range.
I wonder if Apple is working on a self-driving premium option, similar to Tesla's full autopilot option. If so, it would require close collaboration with auto makers, which would make it harder to keep secret.
If they are, they'd probably also have the ability to sell a universal "bolt on" option for most newer vehicles, but given Apple's design aesthetic I'm not sure if we'll ever see that.
If they are, they'd probably also have the ability to sell a universal "bolt on" option for most newer vehicles, but given Apple's design aesthetic I'm not sure if we'll ever see that.
me trying to drive to groceries
"there is a new update for your car: update now? remind you later in 1 hour?"
"there is a new update for your car: update now? remind you later in 1 hour?"
After Apple's extended laptop keyboard problems, Apple should steer clear of anything involving mechanical engineering.
I am a long long way away from trusting the quality control of Apple software enough to let it drive my car for me!!!!
There's no way it will cost less than $100,000. Then there's the extended warranty... Then obsolete in 5 years. I wonder if they'll glue the batteries in.
And wheels are additional...
When the steering wheels starts sticking, they will tell you you are holding it wrong...
You can have any color you want, as long as it is blue, gray, rose gold or red...
Sire will be able to be a back seat driver if you drive it manually..."I'm sorry, i can't let you drive that fast...."
I wonder if they will include the charger and cable, LOL!
If you hang around long enough, you’ll see that same question asked time and time again my friend 😂😂
I can’t see a consumer vehicle being the play here, I suspect Apple would be more interested in the autonomous robotaxi market, pretty sure they invested in this market already in Asia.
Being captive in an Apple controlled bubble for 20/30mins that has the potential to sell their other products and services to you would be far more cost effective and easier to pull off than a consumer vehicle. If the Tesla competitor is the plan, they would have purchased them when they looked at it before.
Just my tencent
Being captive in an Apple controlled bubble for 20/30mins that has the potential to sell their other products and services to you would be far more cost effective and easier to pull off than a consumer vehicle. If the Tesla competitor is the plan, they would have purchased them when they looked at it before.
Just my tencent
Still holding onto the dream that Apple is working behind the scenes with Tesla in a collaborative future line of vehicles where Telsa becomes the “Foxconn” of the physical cars and Apple is designing and building everything else, all the tech inside the car including the automation. It would be an unstoppable combination and whatever losses telsa would take as a company by stepping out of certain development areas they would make up for tenfold by being an exclusive designer and producer of the physical shells of Apples future vehicle (which would come to no doubt take over the market and squash the competition)
I am very skeptical of a self driving car, then again here I am using an interactive glass board that I use to talk to people on the other side of the planet completely wireless. Imagine a virus hitting the smartcar or being hacked but a terrorist group. They can wipe out a whole nation.
I don't think its a self driving car, I think maybe its more like a car OS that will be sold to car manufacturers to be installed in their cars like carplay. It will have super cool features but not self drive. Maybe stuff like adjusting speed based on upcoming traffic, auto park, auto brake...but I doubt I will ride my car hit a button and in 15min I will arrive to my work location.
I don't think its a self driving car, I think maybe its more like a car OS that will be sold to car manufacturers to be installed in their cars like carplay. It will have super cool features but not self drive. Maybe stuff like adjusting speed based on upcoming traffic, auto park, auto brake...but I doubt I will ride my car hit a button and in 15min I will arrive to my work location.
At least it's possible that the M1 chip will be fast enough to correct its own driving mistakes before the accident.
Maybe you should steer clear of commenting to any mechanics related issue since you obviously have no clue what you are talking about.
Just like the iPhone... Car design and features are commoditized. All cars rely heavily on computer. Room for innovation is tight among the big companies. High-end cars offer little more than midrange ones (comparing to 20-30 years ago). Then... those who master computer hardware come and take over. Tesla is the only computer-based car company, like Nokia and the phones in 2006.
Apple has been fielding self driving cars for about three years already and also has millions of miles on simulators with its system so they are well advanced with LIDAR, etc
Apple has never been interested in or involved with supplying components to other manufacturers and there is zero chance they are spending billions to join the myriad of companies building auto components to sell to companies.