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Different take here. I think they should stick to the computer/operating system of a car and either take a large stake in an existing automaker or license the t
by mcot2 6y ago
Different take here. I think they should stick to the computer/operating system of a car and either take a large stake in an existing automaker or license the technology to several of them.
Actually _making_ cars is doomed to be a failure. You need a massive workforce and very large factories. It is fairly low margin compared to even computer hardware let alone software. Then they have to support these cars which means you need a massive service network. It really is a bad bad idea.
Making a car with the likes of Magna is just plain stupid. You can’t get any sort of volume to make the car cheaper and get the OS into the hands of millions of drivers.
Here is what they should focus on:
1.) Sensor suite for self driving.
2.) AI computer for self driving.
3.) Main computer and screen(s) for navigation, car controls and games/audio/video apps.
4.) Autonomous software.
Work directly with automakers from the ground up and design the vehicles jointly with them to ensure the systems feel native rather than bolted on.
- gls2ro 6y agoWhile I would really like to have in other cars components made by Apple I dont think Apple is a company which sells parts to be integrated by someone else. They like and they are good at having an end to end experience with the enduser. Also I think they and the market (investors) dont want/expect them to be a part of a supply chain.
- fomine3 6y agoIt's hard to imagine that Apple can take huge amount of profit from B2B parts business. What about to sell e-bike rather than car?