I was actually thinking how good of condition those roads look to be in. But I live in Detroit, where we look forward to heavy snow falls because it fills in all the pot holes.What a picture. You really have such bad roads in the USA?
I was actually thinking how good of condition those roads look to be in. But I live in Detroit, where we look forward to heavy snow falls because it fills in all the pot holes.What a picture. You really have such bad roads in the USA?
Best post I've seen in awhile thank you.Someone call Scott Fortstall... I need a reliable self-driving car, not one that randomly crashes.
Huh? Lived in MA most of me life and have never seen a road like that. That road is like that because it's not a public road and not maintained. It's a private facility as mentioned in the article. MA and NH have rougher roads because it gets so cold. Every year they do most all of the major roads over but after the winter pot holes naturally appear especially from all the salt from having to plow so much each year. Assuming your speaking of stereo types rather than someone who actually lives around here.Not in the majority of the USA, no... in South Carolina, I have never seen a road that bad. But in Massachusetts, I saw them all the time because the government is corrupt.
Not in the majority of the USA, no... in South Carolina, I have never seen a road that bad. But in Massachusetts, I saw them all the time because the government is corrupt.
Did you read the actual article? That's not a public road. It's a private road in a private facility that is presumably not maintained by the company that owns it.What a picture. You really have such bad roads in the USA?
This rumor doesn't come from some sort of wishful thinking by Apple fans, few of whom were clamoring for an Apple car.People need to give up on this idea of Apple building a car. They will never do it. They are working on in-car electronics. And they should work with Tesla (or buy Tesla, too).
Profit margins on cars are slim. The market is saturated with established companies. And there's enough liability to bring down the company.
Call the guy that gave us Apple Maps?Someone call Scott Fortstall... I need a reliable self-driving car, not one that randomly crashes.
People need to give up on this idea of Apple building a car. They will never do it. They are working on in-car electronics. And they should work with Tesla (or buy Tesla, too).
Profit margins on cars are slim. The market is saturated with established companies. And there's enough liability to bring down the company.
Apple Car > Apple Watch.
So "they will never do it" meaning they have no interest in doing cars, but then a few words later you suggest they buy Tesla? Profit margins are incredibly thin on computers and phones.. well actually they are for everyone "except" apple. So Apple can charge whatever they want to make as much profit as they need. The market is established is horrible companies. Tesla is the first that is trying to shake it up. Just like the market was saturated with phones like Razrs, until Apple came and everyone had to up their game.People need to give up on this idea of Apple building a car. They will never do it. They are working on in-car electronics. And they should work with Tesla (or buy Tesla, too).
Profit margins on cars are slim. The market is saturated with established companies. And there's enough liability to bring down the company.
Yep. I think self driving is a long ways off. But there's too much smoke for there not to be any fire. And let's not forget back in May Jony Ive gave up his day to day duites. His bio on Apple's website now says part of his responsibilities are "new ideas and future initiatives". I think a car would fall under that.This rumor doesn't come from some sort of wishful thinking by Apple fans, few of whom were clamoring for an Apple car.
Personally, I still find this kind of nuts for many reasons including those you mentioned. But there are way too many leaks suggesting that Apple is indeed working on some kind of car and not just in-car electronics. However, I don't see anything in the Guardian article specifically pointing to a self-driving car.
Apple is highly secretive so using the facility mentioned in the article would make perfect sense for them even if they are working on a regular or an electric car.
Imagination > realityApple Car > Apple Watch.
Someone call Scott Fortstall... I need a reliable self-driving car, not one that randomly crashes.
What a picture. You really have such bad roads in the USA?
Then Tesla should give up, too. As should every other car manufacturer. **** it, let's go back to walking. Margins are higher in shoes.
I think they're making a submarine that can walk
Self-driving cars are pie in the sky. They're not going to happen for the foreseeable future.
Electric cars are fundamentally flawed. They do share one thing in common with the Apple Watch Edition, though: they're both both pointless gimmicks.
Wake me up when Apple next does something exciting. The car won't be it. I mean, I loved 2010, but it's five years and counting.
People need to give up on this idea of Apple building a car. They will never do it. They are working on in-car electronics. And they should work with Tesla (or buy Tesla, too).
Profit margins on cars are slim. The market is saturated with established companies. And there's enough liability to bring down the company.
A 10 year long reliable car, oh dear.. Sadly Apple can't do ios updates anymore without bricking handsets.. Steve is gone, so is the top notch QA.. And as far as destroying rivals.. Wow, I don't think Ferrari or Mercedes have anything to worry about anytime soon.. Dropong 400 bucks on a handset is a world apart from 50k on a car... Live in the real world my friend..Slim profit margins and a saturated market were both comments people made regarding the phone industry before Apple entered it.
Those are only a problem if you plan on just entering the market and not being a disruptive player, if you're just planning on being a me too player.
If Apple moves quickly enough on making an autonomous vehicle, that could be a serious disruption to the market. I'd be willing to pay over a year's salary for a car if it ran reliably for over a decade and was fully autonomous - that gives Apple plenty of room for profit margin, I think. If Apple enters with a product like that before anyone else has it, the competition will immediately fall apart just like RIM/Blackberry/Windows Phone did.
But Apple will have to move quickly, because Tesla is already barreling down that path. Their already available cars require little maintenance and have a lot of automation. And, last I heard, they said they would have a car available for ~$40K by the end of next year... if that car comes with comparable automation features, they could beat Apple to the punch.