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Apple Car expected to shake up auto industry in Asia and world

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Re: Apple Car expected to shake up auto industry in Asia and world

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Post by treis »

newyankee wrote: post #7

This is too early to say but i am keeping my hopes with Apple car reasonable. I doubt they can reach Tesla level vertically integrated manufacturing capability without a similar culture. Tesla in 2023 itself is going to be on a different level as the new cells, structural design and probably a few acquisitions in mining work out. But, competition is good and the richest corporation in the world can hopefully create s…

I was pretty dubious about it as well, but after thinking about it more I'm fairly bullish. I don't see the coming out with a better product. But there's a lot of people out there that will buy Apple products even if they are "objectively" worse. An Apple car will appeal to certain people and will probably be a status symbol. I think it will sell decently well.

And looking at Tesla's valuation it will be great for their stock price. Even a mild success will add 100s of billions to their market cap.

Re: Apple Car expected to shake up auto industry in Asia and world

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Post by elicash »

esrauch wrote: post #8
88840-8855 wrote: post #4

why is everyone so naive and expects a regular car? i will probably be some kind of 3-wheeler for 1 person or some gadget thing.

I think a 3 wheel car is just pragmatically worse than a 4 wheel one. It would also be "uncool" which would make it really far off-brand for Apple. If it's intended to take you on roughly the same trips that a normal car is (to the grocery store/work/school/whatever generally 30+ minutes away) it basically will necessarily just be something that looks a lot like a regular car.

I don't think Apple would do this, but I also don't think the "uncool" claim is necessarily true: https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a13990/polaris-slingsh...

Re: Apple Car expected to shake up auto industry in Asia and world

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Post by ben_w »

88840-8855 wrote: post #4

why is everyone so naive and expects a regular car? i will probably be some kind of 3-wheeler for 1 person or some gadget thing.

You can have it in any color you like so long as it's Bondi Blue.

Steering wheel? There's an app for that.

Dashboard has only one button.

Charging by lightning port (charger and USB-C adaptor extra).

$99,999 for the basic model, tires available for an extra $9,999.

Top speed Mach 2 (on a sufficiently large salt-flat).

Re: Apple Car expected to shake up auto industry in Asia and world

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Post by inglor_cz »

londons_explore wrote: post #10
inglor_cz wrote: post #3

In the context of recent events... If there is a planned demonstration of some uncouth people in a certain place, will your Apple Car simply refuse to drive you there? Or will it stop serving you once your GPS coordinates from your iPhone show that you were actually there? These would be absurd, almost troll-level questions a year ago, but I feel that now they must be pondered. Edit: from 4 to -2 points within two mi…

Pick between the news headlines: * Apple car found to have transported terrorists to sabotage Capitol building. Should those with morals be boycotting Apple? * Apple refuses service to terrorists. Apple tries to hold the country together and keep peace. If you were Apple, and had to pick between those headlines, which would you pick? When your company is built on your brand, it is suicide to associate yourself with s…

An interesting consequence of the "safe" possibility. You would not be able to just come and watch some events out of curiosity.

Several years ago, my GPS coordinates would indicate that I took part in a certain rather weird demo. The thing is, I just stood a few meters away taking photos, because some of the participants were ... bizarre to say the least.

I am not sure if this excuse would help me in 2021.

Re: Apple Car expected to shake up auto industry in Asia and world

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Post by shuckles »

drumhead wrote: post #12

Why a car though? I understand Apple are all about the mobile now, but a car? I suspect it isnt a car, but maybe some sort of information or auto navigation intergrations.

Apple’s size and small product portfolio means they can only enter or create huge markets. Automobiles are among the few eligible, already existing huge markets, and Tesla has shown that bringing computing to the car is a valuable endeavor.
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