I'm glad you included "ultimately" in your statement. As I approach the age of 64, I feel quite confident that the "ultimately" will not happen in my remaining years.Autonomous vehicles will ultimately be far safer than human-controlled cars.
I'm glad you included "ultimately" in your statement. As I approach the age of 64, I feel quite confident that the "ultimately" will not happen in my remaining years.Autonomous vehicles will ultimately be far safer than human-controlled cars.
both of you are right , future is autonomous but currently with current rules we are not there yet , no one is saying "i wont get on a plane if it autopilots" , because they are autopiloted for years , pilots are there as fail safe and landing/taking off (or maybe thats also auto pilot now days , not sure).I own a Tesla, and no you don't.
In general it’ll be interesting to see what Apple does.
Can’t quite wrap my head around them actually producing a car. The manufacturing, logistics, sales / store network. Of course these are things they excel at, but with a product like a car as opposed to small electronics it feels so foreign.
But they make the coolest wheel adaptersHopefully wheels are included
If Apple can generate more profit from tiny little white plastic earphones with no moving parts that can be shipped in tiny little boxes than Tesla can from selling an entire car and all the infrastructure and headaches that go with it, the question is WHY?
I mean it would certainly be “cool” and a nice vanity project for Apple, but it seems all it would do is be a money pit distraction.
I own one as well and have a fair amount of experience in the underlying tech…and frankly you will. I use NoA all the time and the car drove itself for 95% of a road trip I did this year. It was amazing how much less stress it was. I also use NoA for my work commute.I own a Tesla, and no you don't.
exactly this, and 10% margin is not going to cut it for them, and I cannot see that consumers will be willing to pay premium for a car that they know has 30+% margin - of course the Bentleys, Ferraris etc have a premium but not the Fords, Toyotas, VWs ...Ecosystem and services. Tesla doesn’t support CarPlay. People in self driving cars will have a lot of time to consume digital services. Apple Car will play best with iphone, ipad, etc. Apple won’t do it if they can’t make money with it.
The one thing about tech , that alot of the markets are "winner takes all" , today mind share is "EV car == Tesla" , also like a lot of things in engineering you get things right due to iterations on a product , the more you delay the first iteration the harder it is to start getting market share and expand on your product from user feedback , so you are basically doing catchup in your labs/ R&D , while it will be better to do it in the market it self with real customers providing feedback , 2028 sounds late , we will have a mature EV/Autonomous market by then , with "Google cars" systems (which they will give away for free from the SW POV) being ran on most non Tesla cars.We just don’t know the full story, what tech Apple has in the works etc. They hired a good bunch of Tesla employees, so let’s assume they have a game plan even without having to make a costly investment.
I just can’t see this happening. There is so much overhead like leasing agreements, maintenance space, not to mention all the states that do not allow direct vehicle sales from the manufacturers. And who will build the thing, Foxcon? I think it would be better for Apple to partner with auto manufacturers for the technology.
I just can’t see this happening. There is so much overhead like leasing agreements, maintenance space, not to mention all the states that do not allow direct vehicle sales from the manufacturers. And who will build the thing, Foxcon? I think it would be better for Apple to partner with auto manufacturers for the technology.
Original jokes are always the best. *thumbs up*It doesn’t include the wheels. Wheels cost extra. https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MX572ZM/A/apple-mac-pro-wheels-kit
100% agree ... and the only major automotive OEM is Magna Steyr today, small volume Mercedes and others ...I just can’t see this happening. There is so much overhead like leasing agreements, maintenance space, not to mention all the states that do not allow direct vehicle sales from the manufacturers. And who will build the thing, Foxcon? I think it would be better for Apple to partner with auto manufacturers for the technology.
The Biden Administration Needs to Do Something About Tesla - Slate 12/1/2020As someone who owns a Tesla... yes, you will. You would be very surprised how very comfortable you get when you become accustomed to the autonomous capability of your car.
A good place to start would be helping consumers understand what automotive tech can and cannot do. Today’s “advanced driving-assistance systems” include functionality like lane-keep assistance (keeping a car between the lines on the road) and automatic emergency braking that reduces the need for driver engagement in certain road conditions. Often seen as a step toward fully autonomous vehicles, ADAS nevertheless requires drivers to keep their eyes on the road and be ready to turn the steering wheel or apply the brakes if a problem arises.
That kind of vigilance doesn’t jibe with a term like “Autopilot,” which suggests a vehicle that can operate independently. Indeed, European regulators bluntly concluded that “Tesla’s system name Autopilot is inappropriate as it suggests full automation.” Musk disagrees; he recently called the idea of changing it “idiotic.” As misleading as “Autopilot” may be, the term “Full Self-Driving” seems even worse. “The real name should be anything but that,” said Duke engineering professor Missy Cummings, who has studied autonomous technologies extensively.