Apple iCar
Apple iCar
Just reading a recent article on the current development of Apple's iCar, v1 due in 2022 and the full autonomous version 4 years later.
I'm feeling really sad about this, given driving is never a chore and the relative lack of control is a relatively great thing.
What's the view from SE members ?
I'm feeling really sad about this, given driving is never a chore and the relative lack of control is a relatively great thing.
What's the view from SE members ?
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As long as there is the option for enthusiast drivers to continue to drive it's not a bad thing to take the control out of the hands of 'commuters', Let those who drive because they need too rather than want too have their autonomous cars. It should make the roads safer and predictable for everyone if the cars are driving instead of the zombies going everywhere at 45 mph
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Absolutely, make them compulsory for the Great Unwashed and Brexit Voters, and also for the over 75 non War Veterans.
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I think it's sad and no doubt it is just another example of how all enjoyment of life is being swept aside by governments and big corporations.
Future generations will be born, live, and experience life in a glass liquid filled bubble. Oooh, that reminds me, haven't watched the matrix in years, where's the DVD player...
I would not trust a car, that drove itself, built by Apple - can you imagine the chaos when they did an upgrade to iOS and based the nav on their maps.... hahaha....
Future generations will be born, live, and experience life in a glass liquid filled bubble. Oooh, that reminds me, haven't watched the matrix in years, where's the DVD player...
I would not trust a car, that drove itself, built by Apple - can you imagine the chaos when they did an upgrade to iOS and based the nav on their maps.... hahaha....
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I see car ownership dropping massively when cars ditch the driver, I can imagine it moving to either a subscription or payg model. Cars spend moat of there time doing nothing anyway. So roads will be less congested, no need for large car parks . Less road deaths. If you want to do it for fun you will have to do it at special tracks.
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Yeah, but they'll then build houses right next to the tracks and the tw@ts that buy them houses will then complain of the noise so it'll be electric cars only and the nimby pimby mamby pamby pc brigade will have won again...
It's happening all around the UK right now apart from Knockhill as it's too darn cold, wet, misty and damp to live there Thank god.......
I mean jeez, it's even happening at the French circuits too, merde.....
It's happening all around the UK right now apart from Knockhill as it's too darn cold, wet, misty and damp to live there Thank god.......
I mean jeez, it's even happening at the French circuits too, merde.....
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There will always be the NW of Scotland
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Spot on for surburbia drivers. Dont really want to pay for a car, no emotion tie and a bugger to find parking so 70% of population move to a payg, park and leave model.BiggestNizzy wrote:I see car ownership dropping massively when cars ditch the driver, I can imagine it moving to either a subscription or payg model. Cars spend moat of there time doing nothing anyway. So roads will be less congested, no need for large car parks . Less road deaths. If you want to do it for fun you will have to do it at special tracks.
Hopefully leaving less regulations and restrictions to the ones who want the pleasure of driving.
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never been on the A90 on a winter morning thenc8rkh wrote:I think it's sad and no doubt it is just another example of how all enjoyment of life is being swept aside by governments and big corporations.
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it ain't even vaguely close to enjoyable
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Landrover ?? = Muddy shrek spec
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