If I’m not wrong, I think a team was able to transport a few atoms of a substance across a laboratory a few years back. No where near being able to “beam” people or huge objects, of course, but the basic science has been proven!
Really? I see the same rumor replicated in multiple places but this does not mean that there are many rurmors.
I agree, but the key question is how far are we from achieving a complete self-driving vehicles and what we need to get there. Tesla has 1 million "test cars" on the streets and the most skilful engineers in this field in the world, and yet year after year we are still waiting for a meaninful progress.
This is a Fake Video. AP in it’s current state cannot leave its lane, even for crash avoidance.
It may not be your choice. One day self driving cars may be all that are around. So get used to walking.
Nope. Wrong. Autopilot can move off the lane today.
True, but do they need to make the car itself, for that? As you and others previously pointed out, that would require such colossal investment over hugely dispersed locations worldwide (bear in mind local taxation has great impact in car prices, so at least continental assembly lines -US/CN/EU-are almost compulsory). I feel if this is to happen, Apple should buy an Auto company with infrastructure already in place (as long as needed adaptations are economically viable)...maybe the Ferrari Next CEO rumour is a sign
Not necessarily so...Please bear in mind production infrastructure investments...they can “eat up” a lot of the cake...
Someday they will. Absolutely. But that day is not yet here and I don't see it arriving for at least 10 or 15 more years.
They were responding to this: "Tesla are set to make more money than Apple could hope for in the next decade. Simple maths shows that!"
Yep. Like I said, it'll be another 50-100 years before fully autonomous cars.
It's the opposite of what you said. Progress is measured in a logarithmic scale. The more time advances, the less progress advances. Notice that even Moore's Law - a scale measuring semiconductor progress - has slowed down.
Tough I also agree Apple’s margins, portfolio and brand value, grant it makes way more money than Tesla, but in fairness I was just pointing that the net returns needs to be balanced with business plan, specially in a “new” tech company; (albeit Musk claims usually don’t work out great in the timeline...) As far as where the money goes, well, shareholders might have a different opinion on that...Personally I think if Apple goes on to make it’s own car, that cash flow will take a meaningful hit...and some people may not be very cool with that.