Apple Scales Back Self-Driving Car and Delays Debut Till ’26

Re:Apple Scales Back Self-Driving Car and Delays Debut Till ’26 by willio58 on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @02:38PM (#33885819)

I don't understand the Apple car. I guess what makes the least sense to me is the price. The reports keep saying "Under $100k". Unless it's like a 35k car, I don't understand why they would enter such an insane market and make a product that so few of their customers could reasonably purchase.

I don't have a lot of money, but I own a mac, an iPhone, airpods, apple watch, and an apple tv. I own a ~$20k car and could never imagine a time where I would spend more than 50k on a car. Maybe I'm in the minority of Apple customers, but I would bet I'm not.

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Re:Apple Scales Back Self-Driving Car and Delays Debut Till ’26 by prottog on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @04:23PM (#33887251)

> could never imagine a time where I would spend more than 50k on a car

Like most things the value is in the eye of the beholder, but there are definitely circumstances where a $50k car is in fact more than $30k nicer than a $20k car, leading you to prefer it over saving the money.

Besides, as of this year, the average price of a car is $48k; even in 2019 (the last "normal" year, if you will) that figure was hovering around $38k, so it's not that big of a stretch.

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