I can't wait for Apple Car 2s+ myself.
I can only hope that security is built in from day one & the "S' version is for speed!
I can't wait for Apple Car 2s+ myself.
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.
I can't wait for Apple Car 2s+ myself.
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Dropong 400 bucks on a handset is a world apart from 50k on a car... Live in the real world my friend..
Yes the car will be dependent on Siri working perfectly.I think autonomous driving will be a gradual transition, not one big leap. And I think the final "full self-driving" end point is going to be MANY years away. (Hope I'm wrong, but look at voice recognition and voice command: how many decades it has spent moving from "first product for sale" to "quite good but still not completely reliable".)
In the meantime, the limited or assisted-driving phases along the way will be great. They can still save a ton of lives. And hassle!
The automated testing area is a military base that has been disused for 20 years and is going to be redeveloped starting 2 years from now. The road you see in the foreground of the photo has long been abandoned. The Bridge you see in the photo is still in use. Here is where the photo was taken:What a picture. You really have such bad roads in the USA?
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 or its executives (or both) deeply enamored with Tesla, I'd be happy to see Apple buy them. Currently, despite the Tesla Apologists defense, they're still operating on our money via the government. Several articles have surfaced recently citing the huge losses per car sold and how they're burning through cash at an alarming rate. But being the "cool car" Silicon Valley technologists love to be seen in, the reality gets hidden and its image is still intact.And they should work with Tesla (or buy Tesla, too).
And how exactly are electric cars fundamentally flawed?
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've never heard so much tosh in all my life.. The same way that the 17k digital watches have meant that there's lines 3 miles long for the 350 buck cheapo version.. Do you actually believe this stuff.. The 100k car club is such a closed shop.. Very few sales compared with mainstream card, so what you are saying is that if Apple made a 100k car that no one bought, millions of kids would rush out and buy ipads through some weird delusion of shared grandeur.. Oh my.... For the 2nd nite in a row I'm gonna go next door and hit myself in the face with a hammer, it will be less painful than reading this..Yeah, and after Apple gets people thinking about spending $50-100k on a car everything else they make will seem so cheap by comparison sales will explode!
Nice cherry-picking. He's responsible for iOS.Call the guy that gave us Apple Maps?![]()
Sounds a lot like the cellphone market before Apple introduced the iPhone.
Toyota hopes to make $23 billion in profits this year. If Apple can do as well as Toyota, it would boost their profits by about 50% provided their profits remain relatively flat.
Auto and healthcare are 2 huge industries that can move the needle for Apple and it's no surprise they seem to be focused in those areas lately.
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.
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.
Once Tesla launches their entry level car and possible an Apple Car, with upgradeable hardware and technology like Tesla, all other manufactures will have to do the same to stay competitive. No more 300 to 500 to simply upgrade your mapping software software locations once a year, or other absurd upcharges.
Trust me, Tesla is not going anywhere. Tesla will be like this forever, living on taxpayer subsidies.