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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.

bonestamp2 6y ago
Yes. The Bloomberg reporting suggested the goal was to be a steering wheel absent living room on wheels.
esrauch 6y ago
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.
- elicash 6y ago
  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-slingshot-three-wheeler/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a13990/polaris-slingsh...
  - esrauch 6y ago
    Fair enough, I was just imagining more like a Tuktuk with a single front wheel. But yeah, that kind of design seems more like what an Alienware electric car might be rather than an Apple one.
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- gumby 6y ago
  I owned a Corbin Sparrow (3 wheel electric car from the early '00s) and indeed, it was suboptimal. The good: pretty stable, drive in commuter lane, able to park almost anywhere, registers as a motorcycle (cheaper than a conventional car). It had two wheels in front, so it wasn't unstable like a Reliant Robin. The thesis was that it was a good urban vehicle. As a commuter car it was fine as long as your commute was under 45 minutes. Unfortunately it was a single occupant vehicle, so as soon as we had a kid it was a nonstarter for my wife. Also it could only carry a single bag of groceries. People buy cars with multiple "jobs" in mind, and also like the flexibility of changing plans mid trip (stop at grocery on the way home, for example, or go pick up a sick kid from school). And Smart cars (the Smart brand I mean) took over the urban market in Europe. I don't see any future in 3 wheeled cars.
deltron3030 6y ago
Or the opposite, mobile homes.
intrasight 6y ago
Or a drone ;)
ben_w 6y ago
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).

bonestamp2 6y ago

Yes. The Bloomberg reporting suggested the goal was to be a steering wheel absent living room on wheels.

esrauch 6y ago

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.

elicash 6y ago
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-slingshot-three-wheeler/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a13990/polaris-slingsh...
- esrauch 6y ago
  Fair enough, I was just imagining more like a Tuktuk with a single front wheel. But yeah, that kind of design seems more like what an Alienware electric car might be rather than an Apple one.
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gumby 6y ago
I owned a Corbin Sparrow (3 wheel electric car from the early '00s) and indeed, it was suboptimal. The good: pretty stable, drive in commuter lane, able to park almost anywhere, registers as a motorcycle (cheaper than a conventional car). It had two wheels in front, so it wasn't unstable like a Reliant Robin. The thesis was that it was a good urban vehicle. As a commuter car it was fine as long as your commute was under 45 minutes. Unfortunately it was a single occupant vehicle, so as soon as we had a kid it was a nonstarter for my wife. Also it could only carry a single bag of groceries. People buy cars with multiple "jobs" in mind, and also like the flexibility of changing plans mid trip (stop at grocery on the way home, for example, or go pick up a sick kid from school). And Smart cars (the Smart brand I mean) took over the urban market in Europe. I don't see any future in 3 wheeled cars.

deltron3030 6y ago

Or the opposite, mobile homes.

intrasight 6y ago

Or a drone ;)

ben_w 6y ago

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).