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Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by charlesism on Saturday April 15, 2017 @03:11AM (#14119745)
My impression is that building a car involves a fairly different set of skills (ie: pretty much everything except the dashboard) than Apple has.

The thought of bringing in 95% new-hires to work on a project in which your company has no experience... I mean, why?

If the primary motivation is money, without sufficient passion, good luck competing with Tesla - where they live and breath electric cars.

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Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by briandear on Saturday April 15, 2017 @07:06AM (#14120264)
What were Tesla people doing before they made cars? We could have made this argument comparing Tesla to GM a few years ago.
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Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by charlesism on Saturday April 15, 2017 @10:13AM (#14120772)
My point about experience is that it's not Apple building this car, it's basically a new group at Apple handicapped by poor motives.

In the context of my comment, Tesla's answer to "why" was a bit more inspiring than "we need to enter a new market because our existing markets are saturated"

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