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Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving cars

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Re: Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving cars

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Post by dcwca »

salimmadjd wrote: post #8

Of all the SV tech giants (obviously Tesla excluded), Apple has the best DNA to build cars. They know how manufacture in scale. They know how build a vertical product. They have the cash to do it and they have a strong brand. But most importantly, if the world moves to a car-sharing car-hailing model of autonomous cars. Ultimately, it becomes a consumer mobile play. This is where both Google and Apple own that experi…

> Apple has the best DNA to build cars. They know how to manufacture in scale.

Something tells me shipping your phones off to be built by other people in China and building your own auto assembly factories from scratch are two completely separate things.

Re: Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving cars

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Post by throwaway91111 »

notliketherest wrote: post #9

Is it just me, or have folks living in the bay area noticed a huge increase in the number of "self driving" cars driving around? I've even seen a minivan with what looked to be a hastly assembled lidar driving around Sunnyvale. The space seems to be really heating up.

...in the heart of silicon valley.

Re: Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving cars

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Post by vernie »

dcwca wrote: post #11
salimmadjd wrote: post #8

Of all the SV tech giants (obviously Tesla excluded), Apple has the best DNA to build cars. They know how manufacture in scale. They know how build a vertical product. They have the cash to do it and they have a strong brand. But most importantly, if the world moves to a car-sharing car-hailing model of autonomous cars. Ultimately, it becomes a consumer mobile play. This is where both Google and Apple own that experi…

> Apple has the best DNA to build cars. They know how to manufacture in scale. Something tells me shipping your phones off to be built by other people in China and building your own auto assembly factories from scratch are two completely separate things.

Maybe Foxconn has automotive ambitions.

Re: Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving cars

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Post by throwaway91111 »

shouldbworking wrote: post #7

Does anyone care that regulatory realities will prevent driverless cars from ever carrying human passengers? Planes and trains have been driving themselves for many years but they still have human pilots. The human need for somebody to blame is stronger than market forces trying to eliminate human drivers

The electorate need

Re: Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving cars

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Post by therobot24 »

salimmadjd wrote: post #8

Of all the SV tech giants (obviously Tesla excluded), Apple has the best DNA to build cars. They know how manufacture in scale. They know how build a vertical product. They have the cash to do it and they have a strong brand. But most importantly, if the world moves to a car-sharing car-hailing model of autonomous cars. Ultimately, it becomes a consumer mobile play. This is where both Google and Apple own that experi…

> Of all the SV tech giants (obviously Tesla excluded), Apple has the best DNA to build cars.

whoa...chill out on the kool-aid

Re: Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving cars

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Post by espes »

shouldbworking wrote: post #7

Does anyone care that regulatory realities will prevent driverless cars from ever carrying human passengers? Planes and trains have been driving themselves for many years but they still have human pilots. The human need for somebody to blame is stronger than market forces trying to eliminate human drivers

Planes and trains still have human pilots because they're very cheap in comparison to operational costs.

Re: Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving cars

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Post by username223 »

notliketherest wrote: post #9

Is it just me, or have folks living in the bay area noticed a huge increase in the number of "self driving" cars driving around? I've even seen a minivan with what looked to be a hastly assembled lidar driving around Sunnyvale. The space seems to be really heating up.

It's tempting to strap random hardware to your roof to make other drivers fear you and give you more space.

Re: Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving cars

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Post by anuragojha »

shouldbworking wrote: post #7

Does anyone care that regulatory realities will prevent driverless cars from ever carrying human passengers? Planes and trains have been driving themselves for many years but they still have human pilots. The human need for somebody to blame is stronger than market forces trying to eliminate human drivers

> human need for somebody to blame is stronger than market forces ... Human need for convenience is even greater than the human need to complain.
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