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An Apple car would be crazy expensive to develop and not really a guaranteed sell at all. There's millions of people that are very loyal to Apple of iPhone and
by hattmall 6mo ago
An Apple car would be crazy expensive to develop and not really a guaranteed sell at all. There's millions of people that are very loyal to Apple of iPhone and wearable but going to an Apple car is a HUGE jump.
- ghaff 6mo agoQuantum leap CarPlay/Siri could be a big win but, even as an Apple fan in general, have no particular interest in an Apple Car absent things like self-driving that blow everyone else out of the water--which seems a pretty big ask.
- dgellow 6mo agoAlso, what would the margin be?
- SecretDreams 6mo agoThey could probably do full development from scratch for under $10 bil if they were frugal and patient, or more if they want to go fast, and farm first product out to a manufacturing house like magna. This is their MO already (they don't want to own a plant). In the current era, it's probably cheaper to develop a car then to build out sufficient AI datacenters - which is also a negative ROI segment today for AI companies.
- pjc50 6mo ago> In the current era, it's probably cheaper to develop a car then to build out sufficient AI datacenters You're almost certainly right, and this is a good way to show just how remarkably big the AI buildout is.