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An Apple electric car would have ridiculous earning potential. Real estate and cars are (I think) the two biggest expenses that most consumers have and one of t
by ahartmetz 8y ago
An Apple electric car would have ridiculous earning potential. Real estate and cars are (I think) the two biggest expenses that most consumers have and one of the few ways to earn much more money than with an expensive, great selling smartphone brand. Apple reportedly tried but somehow didn't pull it off. If I were Apple, I'd put all my energy into it.
- chongli 8y agoI don't see Apple being able to build a car. Look at all the struggles Tesla has had. I don't see Apple as a fundamentally more innovative company than Tesla. I don't see what advantage Apple would have in automobile manufacturing. Apple doesn't even manufacture their own products right now.
- ahartmetz 8y agoI'm not necessarily disputing any of that, just... if they want to keep growing, they'll just have to do it somehow.
- enitihas 8y agoThe biggest advantage Apple would have over Tesla is "cold, hard cash". They have far too much money to throw at problems than Tesla. Even if they are 2x less efficient than Tesla in setting up infrastructure to manufacture Cars, they have more than enough cash to make up for it.
- code_duck 8y agoWhy would I trust Apple to make a car? After a phone that bent in my pocket and the reliability of their new laptop keyboards...
- ahartmetz 8y agoI probably wouldn't buy it either. It was only about the option(s) from Apple's (imagined) perspective, which is, surprisingly enough, "how can we still make much more money?".
- justapassenger 8y agoIt’s not that cars are king of reliability either.