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That article makes sense and is along those lines what I would expect. The prediction is at the end and says to expect the car by 2025, which is 10 years from n
by PinguTS 12y ago
That article makes sense and is along those lines what I would expect. The prediction is at the end and says to expect the car by 2025, which is 10 years from now.
That would makes sense. A complete car development within the industry is about 5 years with some companies shortened it to 4 years.
All those articles with "Apple has the experience" are non-sense. Because, if Apple had the experience, they would not need to hire that many automotive engineers. Apple has the money to buy in those experts and Apple has to money to build things for years without the need to make profit on it.
- _s 12y agoI think the bigger manufacturers are now pushing vehicle platforms from 7 to 10 years; with mid-cycle refreshes hitting every 3-5 years. Full development includes a new platform / new engine. Mid-cycle refreshes are only updates to the exterior / interior, with some potential refinements to the platform and engines. Theres finally been a shift to modular platforms too - VW's MQB/MLB is the first that comes to mind and it covers pretty much their most popular sellers in the entire group (Skoda through to Audi). The smaller manufactures (Mazda, Suzuki etc) are definitely more aggressive, new models hitting every 5 years with a refresh every other or third year. It's also a bit more complex because the development of engines / platforms / vehicles isn't always synchronised; so what does happen very often is that a brand new vehicle is release, then some time later it comes with additional engine / transmission options, followed by a facelift, followed by a platform update, and so on; so you never truly get an "all-new from the ground up" vehicle that often.