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Apple Car Autonomous Driving Scaled Down, Launch Planned for 2028
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In your wallet... to make it seem like there's something left in it... and/or to prevent it from collapsing upon itself and becoming a singularity.
I don't even like automatics - I much prefer the engaged driving experience of a manual transmission.
Hopefully by then we’ll have divested away from Elongated child.
Or a mount for an iPhone on front to use Continuity Camera?
Came here to find this comment. Happy to see it was the first one.
I've lived this way for 20 years and I have no desire to go back to owning a car.
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It has no steering wheel and is controlled by Siri so you probably will be.
Since you gotta drive it yourself now this one is the Pro.
The self driving one wouldn’t be Pro.
I’m the same. I’ve got better things to do with my life than sit in traffic watching the bumper of the car in front. A self-driving car that lets me sleep on the back seat or watch a film while it deals with the tedium of crawling through traffic would be perfect.
I just don't buy this "Apple Car" rumor.
This is heavy manufacturing we're talking about here. With that comes large factories, unions, supply chain, endless regulations, safety ratings.. ETC. I don't see Apple or any company being able to boot something like that up in 4 years.
It's not like Foxconn is going to roll out an Apple Car like they do iPhones. This is heavy manufacturing at a large scale. The only way that this would make sense would be to partner with an existing manufacturer.
This is heavy manufacturing we're talking about here. With that comes large factories, unions, supply chain, endless regulations, safety ratings.. ETC. I don't see Apple or any company being able to boot something like that up in 4 years.
It's not like Foxconn is going to roll out an Apple Car like they do iPhones. This is heavy manufacturing at a large scale. The only way that this would make sense would be to partner with an existing manufacturer.
First of all, the expected size of a family car has ballooned in the US over the past 25 years, especially compared to the rest of the world, where small 6 seater MPVs are common.
Second, this kind of conventional wisdom is exactly what will result in Apple getting to 6% market share instead of redefining the category.
There's a real opportunity for a super slick, high tech urban vehicle that is not a road hog. Think about what VW did to the industry in the 1970s. That was disruptive. The conditions are ripe for it to happen again.
Maybe Pro is not short for professional, but short for Profound.
Sony just announced a partnership with Honda at CES, so this timing makes sense.
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