I'm well aware of that, I'm also aware of the fact that Apple executives have been meeting with FDA. The reasoning behind those meetings is unknown, but it is fact according to sources. I am very well aware the sensors must be highly accurate, and that has been a worry of mine since I saw the first rumors.
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I'm well aware of that, I'm also aware of the fact that Apple executives have been meeting with FDA. The reasoning behind those meetings is unknown, but it is fact according to sources. I am very well aware the sensors must be highly accurate, and that has been a worry of mine since I saw the first rumors.
I forgot about that one! It's an interesting car the Panamera, certainly different to the normal Mercs and BMW's and I think more luxurious. But I forgot they did a hybrid one. Good choice.
How many people drive that far? Lol..
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You win. Seriously, not in a sarcastic way, you destroyed that guy's post.
Biotech is the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make useful products, or "any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use"
This is biometrics.
I heard that the iWatch could cure cancer. Any truth to that rumor?
If you're an analyst then yes, idiotic stockholders would go crazy.
I've the kind of person who knows they both contain combustion engines and so have no interest in them (besides which one is cheaper and handles winter better. If I can't afford an all electric vehicle, those are the two most important factors to me when buying.)
That's not what I meant. Steve Jobs' vision ended when he passed. Anything he left behind may be carried on by Apple but Steve Jobs will never have a new vision. However, his mission to change the world is shared by other visionaries, one of which is Elon Musk. Elon would have his own vision for the world, for what's important to change, for what direction things should go. Apple needs a new visionary and I can't think of anybody better than Elon Musk.
buying Tesla is like -10%. It was about iOS in the car nothing more.
Steve Jobs can't be replaced. Bringing in someone else would essentially be saying the team Steve left behind has no vision (or he didn't instill them with his vision). If Apple has to bring in an outsider to provide vision then it's no longer Apple.
You really have to ask the price? Maybe it's not for you. Anyway that is what car loans are for!! I'm in!
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You got face it. Steve is Dead. Steve was Apple, therefore Apple is Dead.
The King is dead, Long live the King!
I doubt Ive could design a car, the design heavily affects the performance of a car and the iPhone 4 shows that isn't really something apple is really great at.
Having caught the uniformed eye of the attention starved administration, massively large amounts of tax payers money went into this sham. Musk and company rival Jobs as pitchmen. As they say there's no bigger sucker for a sales pitch like another salesman.
Positioned as Uber Cool, the many well concealed gremlins have yet to be revealed in all but a series of secret papers. This is one car that makes the Edsel look positively exotic.
I heard that the iWatch could cure cancer. Any truth to that rumor?
Makes as much sense as some of the other rumors
Whats your definition of Pioneer?
"develop or be the first to use or apply"
Tesla is in fact the first company to build a electric car that people actually want to buy and is having a hard time supplying the demand for. No one said they invented electric cars, the electric car was created before the combustion engine but it lacked the technology to make it usable.
I humbly call BS.
If you are "just an iOS Dev" you must be either poor at personal economics or highly successful to actually purchase a Tesla. You save on fuel, oil changes, etc. but TCO is still in the top 1% of all cars.
Environmentally, 5 years ago, the battery technology provided a MUCH environmentally dirtier carbon footprint than hybrids. Today the battery technology is still slightly higher. It won't be for another 5 years or so that battery technology will allow a 100% electric to be cleaner over a vehicle's life than an electric/ICE hybrid.
Given that a Tesla costs 3-4x a typical hybrid yet is still dirtier, the only reason to purchase one is for the sport/luxury feel to it. In other words, it is a "look at me" vehicle. Though if you are "just an iOS dev" at least you can put your corporate logo monogram on your car to help market your product. At least that would make use of a dirty "look at me" vehicle.
As for me, if I could afford the initial cost of a cheap hybrid, even a Prius C, I would buy one in a heartbeat.
If you are "just an iOS Dev" you must be either poor at personal economics or highly successful to actually purchase a Tesla. You save on fuel, oil changes, etc. but TCO is still in the top 1% of all cars.
Environmentally, 5 years ago, the battery technology provided a MUCH environmentally dirtier carbon footprint than hybrids. Today the battery technology is still slightly higher. It won't be for another 5 years or so that battery technology will allow a 100% electric to be cleaner over a vehicle's life than an electric/ICE hybrid.
Given that a Tesla costs 3-4x a typical hybrid yet is still dirtier, the only reason to purchase one is for the sport/luxury feel to it. In other words, it is a "look at me" vehicle. Though if you are "just an iOS dev" at least you can put your corporate logo monogram on your car to help market your product. At least that would make use of a dirty "look at me" vehicle.
As for me, if I could afford the initial cost of a cheap hybrid, even a Prius C, I would buy one in a heartbeat.
Oh, the $465 million government loan they got under the Bush administration that they repaid 9 years early? Would love to hear what you think of the GM bailout that cost the tax payers $10 billion.
Do you know what "rumors" means, as in "MacRumors"?
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Lol just because you don't understand electronics and electrics doesn't mean there are "gremlins" or a boogeyman in the this here contraption.
What is your source of these secret papers? We're waiting.
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I agree the price is too much to be a no-brainer purchase.
The car bodies and interiors probably have similar levels of greenness. Same with the motors, alternators, accessories. But what about gasoline refinement is so clean vs battery manufacturing? The refinement, distribution, and ultimate burning is so much cleaner than battery manufacturing, distribution, and utilizing energy from a power plant which is 50% efficient vs combustion engines which are 25% efficient?