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Psychology is really interesting. "half a decade away" sounds like a really long time, but "5 years away" sounds much shorter. It's an intriguing editorial cho
by jasonpeacock 6y ago
Psychology is really interesting. "half a decade away" sounds like a really long time, but "5 years away" sounds much shorter.
It's an intriguing editorial choice.
- jdxcode 6y agoI thought the same... 5 years ago was only the iPhone 6S era. I think it’s referencing some unreliable rumors they were launching this year though
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- bonestamp2 6y agoAnd 5 years in automotive is less than one full redesign cycle for a platform. So, it's not long at all in automotive speak.
- handedness 6y agoApple's car is at least the lesser part of a century away.
- Slump 6y agoThis is the first thing that came to my mind reading the headline as well. I'm sure Apple has a head start on R&D and of course they are an amazing organization with plenty of resources but overcoming the engineering challenges required to implement a self-driving electric car in 5 years is optimistic to my mind.