While I'd be happy about that, having car assembly plants in Canada is mostly based on a low Canadian dollar. When the dollar went up relative to the US dollar, many of the plants were relocated to Mexico.
And car assembly isn't like, say, filming a movie where it can be moved around on a whim. It takes a fair bit of time and money to open or relocate a plant. So my thinking is that, unless there are some serious problems with the cars being built in Mexico, or the Mexican economy dramatically changes, those plants aren't coming back here anytime soon (and new ones aren't as likely to be created here). The only reason a car manufacturer would open an assembly plant in Canada or the US at this point is if they were provided incentives from the government to do so.
You're probably right about that.
The CAN$ is probably being impacted by the plunge in oil prices since Canada is too dependent on oil exports (which, ironically, helps sell more cars)!
I find that chance of Apple having anything to do with manufacturing a car more than questionable since almost everything they market is developed and manufactured by others. Using other peoples research, development and manufacturing is responsible for whats inside of most Apples products Getting into the car business is a pie in the sky. Self driving cars are years away and that does not even consider the political and liability hurdles.
Hopefully underground taxi Uber stays illegal in my city.
Hopefully the elderly and non drivers need a registered driver in control of the vehicle.
Why do you hate the elderly that you would deny them the opportunity to allow Uber take them to their next doctor visit?* Every driver registered with Uber is also registered with the department of transportation. What difference does it make whether they are registered with Uber or a Taxi service?
*Mainstream news version of asking someone a question in 2015.
I find that chance of Apple having anything to do with manufacturing a car more than questionable since almost everything they market is developed and manufactured by others.
Using other peoples research, development and manufacturing is responsible for whats inside of most Apples products Getting into the car business is a pie in the sky.
Self driving cars are years away and that does not even consider the political and liability hurdles.
[quote]In June, Apple's design chief, Sir Jonathan Ive, was among around 20 high-level attendees from the automotive and technology industries at a meeting to discuss the future of the car, held at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England.
Also present at the meeting, convened by Lord March, owner of the Goodwood estate, were auto industry luminaries such as Daimler chief executive Dieter Zetsche and top management from General Motors, BMW and Aston Martin.
The three-hour meeting was held under Chatham House rules, and Sir Jonathan revealed little of Apple's plans. But the signal that Silicon Valley has the automotive sector in its targets was plain to see, one of the guests told the FT. "It was clear: the barbarians are at the gate."[/quote]
I highly doubt Apple will release a driver-less car day one.
This is what I think will happen:
Apple will release an electric car with TONS of sensors that report back to a mega server. These sensors and actions are monitored and recorded for years until Apple figures out what a driverless car needs to WORK and be SAFE.
Since most major auto manufacturers are already well into the R&D necessary for the next step and some companies have had cars on the road for well over a year including Google.
It is fairly obvious that statistic gathering is well beyond a late to the game Apple, especially important is the fact that Apple has not ever been a manufacturer.
There are already cities that have autonomous cars running for data gathering needed for future decision making and that is on a worldwide level.
California has made a commitment for government vehicles running on hydrogen and autonomous vehicles will require a much stronger political will to see them as a viable subset to existing transportation.
Just because Apple wants to get permission to road test an autonomous vehicle does not mean that what they test will look anything like the product they finally bring to market, if they even decide to bring one to market. Long before getting to market, Apple would have to be testing things, gathering data, etc.
It's bloody ignorant of the media to think: (a) Apple is anywhere near ready to release a self-driving car, or (2) the first Apple test cars we see on the road will look anything like their final version.
Just because Apple wants to get permission to road test an autonomous vehicle does not mean that what they test will look anything like the product they finally bring to market, if they even decide to bring one to market. Long before getting to market, Apple would have to be testing things, gathering data, etc.
It's bloody ignorant of the media to think: (a) Apple is anywhere near ready to release a self-driving car, or (2) the first Apple test cars we see on the road will look anything like their final version.
Considering car makers have a long tradition of camouflaging new models, doing so would be normal not just for Apple.
Why do you hate the elderly that you would deny them the opportunity to allow Uber take them to their next doctor visit?* Every driver registered with Uber is also registered with the department of transportation. What difference does it make whether they are registered with Uber or a Taxi service?
Uber does incomplete background checks. It also does not verify that the driver is actually the person it hired as the driver. For example, a woman was hired by Uber as a driver but she instead let her felon boyfriend do the driving. After all, uber does not keep tabs on its drivers like a real taxi company does. The Uber driver can turn out to be a rapist as on a recent case.
Uber does incomplete background checks. It also does not verify that the driver is actually the person it hired as the driver. For example, a woman was hired by Uber as a driver but she instead let her felon boyfriend do the driving. After all, uber does not keep tabs on its drivers like a real taxi company does. The Uber driver can turn out to be a rapist as on a recent case.
You don't think taxis have similar issues? I don't care for many of Uber's business tactics, but I do support for a free market. Ridesharing is here and it's wonderful.
We have too many early failures with the many China made household products.
Does that include Apple products? If so, what CE do you buy that isn't made in China? If not, then why assume that a car with parts made in China (which is a given) would be faulty if your Apple CE doesn't have rampant early failures?
FYI an Apple product is not normally considered to be in the household product category. I'm thinking our recent failed China products; microwave, deck chairs, yard solar lights, toaster, after only a year or so. Just junk products.
A few years ago China car tires were imported to the USA, they failed terribly and had to be discontinued.
It used to be that China products with a non China brand name were ok, no more ! My friends totally agree.
Apple products are still very high quality, hopefully Apple continues their high quality by not competing at the bottom end prices.
Hopefully underground taxi Uber stays illegal in my city.
Hopefully the elderly and non drivers need a registered driver in control of the vehicle.
Why do you hate the elderly that you would deny them the opportunity to allow Uber take them to their next doctor visit?* Every driver registered with Uber is also registered with the department of transportation. What difference does it make whether they are registered with Uber or a Taxi service?
*Mainstream news version of asking someone a question in 2015.
Here Uber do not use registered drivers and in our taxi spec cars.
Uber here was like anyone using their any year and condition car as a cab.
Our controls on cabs are very strict and numbers of cabs are controlled to keep service quality high.
We could use more cabs late in the day and nighttime, Uber should get a license for that time, but they like to compete at the easier to service times.
Fortunately Uber has given up trying to bypass our cab controls here for now.
Wow. These guys really are making a car... Let's just hope they don't offer a "better than gold" gold model for $250,000. I'm assumign they'll go with so etching smart, eco-friendly and modern as opposed to garish luxury. I think positioning an Apple car as something only the wealthy can afford could turn a lot of people off of the Apple brand. Despite all the doomsday commentary that will abound, I'm all for seeing an electric, self-driving Apple car come to market (think of all the kind tech inside). I simply hope it's competively priced and accessible to a large demographic, e.g. a base line Tesla model S or well-equipped BMW i3. Apple will always command a brand premium, but I think global volume will be key on this one - if it can't sell in China it won't succeed.
You don't think taxis have similar issues? I don't care for many of Uber's business tactics, but I do support for a free market. Ridesharing is here and it's wonderful.
Uber are tax evading, and basically rule evading asswipes, their entire C level team deserve a swift ass kicking for their arrogance. I've never seen a company with so little barrier to entry, think their such unassailable hot shits.
Other company offering something similar in a less assholly way and they'll be done.
They got nothing but a name; even early FB looks like a tech marvel compared to them.
I think automated/autonomous cars are the future and there again, Uber has nothing to offer. Car companies could just stock up whole fleets in cities and leave Uber hanging in the wind; and I expect them to do so.
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While I'd be happy about that, having car assembly plants in Canada is mostly based on a low Canadian dollar. When the dollar went up relative to the US dollar, many of the plants were relocated to Mexico.
And car assembly isn't like, say, filming a movie where it can be moved around on a whim. It takes a fair bit of time and money to open or relocate a plant. So my thinking is that, unless there are some serious problems with the cars being built in Mexico, or the Mexican economy dramatically changes, those plants aren't coming back here anytime soon (and new ones aren't as likely to be created here). The only reason a car manufacturer would open an assembly plant in Canada or the US at this point is if they were provided incentives from the government to do so.
You're probably right about that.
The CAN$ is probably being impacted by the plunge in oil prices since Canada is too dependent on oil exports (which, ironically, helps sell more cars)!
Using other peoples research, development and manufacturing is responsible for whats inside of most Apples products Getting into the car business is a pie in the sky.
Self driving cars are years away and that does not even consider the political and liability hurdles.
Hopefully underground taxi Uber stays illegal in my city.
Hopefully the elderly and non drivers need a registered driver in control of the vehicle.
Why do you hate the elderly that you would deny them the opportunity to allow Uber take them to their next doctor visit?* Every driver registered with Uber is also registered with the department of transportation. What difference does it make whether they are registered with Uber or a Taxi service?
*Mainstream news version of asking someone a question in 2015.
I find that chance of Apple having anything to do with manufacturing a car more than questionable since almost everything they market is developed and manufactured by others.
Using other peoples research, development and manufacturing is responsible for whats inside of most Apples products Getting into the car business is a pie in the sky.
Self driving cars are years away and that does not even consider the political and liability hurdles.
http://www.ft.com/intl/fastft/394151
[quote]In June, Apple's design chief, Sir Jonathan Ive, was among around 20 high-level attendees from the automotive and technology industries at a meeting to discuss the future of the car, held at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England.
Also present at the meeting, convened by Lord March, owner of the Goodwood estate, were auto industry luminaries such as Daimler chief executive Dieter Zetsche and top management from General Motors, BMW and Aston Martin.
The three-hour meeting was held under Chatham House rules, and Sir Jonathan revealed little of Apple's plans. But the signal that Silicon Valley has the automotive sector in its targets was plain to see, one of the guests told the FT. "It was clear: the barbarians are at the gate."[/quote]
This is what I think will happen:
Apple will release an electric car with TONS of sensors that report back to a mega server. These sensors and actions are monitored and recorded for years until Apple figures out what a driverless car needs to WORK and be SAFE.
Apple releases a driverless car.
Since most major auto manufacturers are already well into the R&D necessary for the next step and some companies have had cars on the road for well over a year including Google.
It is fairly obvious that statistic gathering is well beyond a late to the game Apple, especially important is the fact that Apple has not ever been a manufacturer.
There are already cities that have autonomous cars running for data gathering needed for future decision making and that is on a worldwide level.
California has made a commitment for government vehicles running on hydrogen and autonomous vehicles will require a much stronger political will to see them as a viable subset to existing transportation.
It's bloody ignorant of the media to think: (a) Apple is anywhere near ready to release a self-driving car, or (2) the first Apple test cars we see on the road will look anything like their final version.
Just because Apple wants to get permission to road test an autonomous vehicle does not mean that what they test will look anything like the product they finally bring to market, if they even decide to bring one to market. Long before getting to market, Apple would have to be testing things, gathering data, etc.
It's bloody ignorant of the media to think: (a) Apple is anywhere near ready to release a self-driving car, or (2) the first Apple test cars we see on the road will look anything like their final version.
Considering car makers have a long tradition of camouflaging new models, doing so would be normal not just for Apple.
You don't think taxis have similar issues? I don't care for many of Uber's business tactics, but I do support for a free market. Ridesharing is here and it's wonderful.
The number you're quoting is in Euros.
We have too many early failures with the many China made household products.
Does that include Apple products? If so, what CE do you buy that isn't made in China? If not, then why assume that a car with parts made in China (which is a given) would be faulty if your Apple CE doesn't have rampant early failures?
FYI an Apple product is not normally considered to be in the household product category. I'm thinking our recent failed China products; microwave, deck chairs, yard solar lights, toaster, after only a year or so. Just junk products.
A few years ago China car tires were imported to the USA, they failed terribly and had to be discontinued.
It used to be that China products with a non China brand name were ok, no more ! My friends totally agree.
Apple products are still very high quality, hopefully Apple continues their high quality by not competing at the bottom end prices.
If you don't consider a Mac or AirPort Extreme a "household" product then an automobile certainly isn't.
:infinitefacepalms:
Hopefully underground taxi Uber stays illegal in my city.
Hopefully the elderly and non drivers need a registered driver in control of the vehicle.
Why do you hate the elderly that you would deny them the opportunity to allow Uber take them to their next doctor visit?* Every driver registered with Uber is also registered with the department of transportation. What difference does it make whether they are registered with Uber or a Taxi service?
*Mainstream news version of asking someone a question in 2015.
Here Uber do not use registered drivers and in our taxi spec cars.
Uber here was like anyone using their any year and condition car as a cab.
Our controls on cabs are very strict and numbers of cabs are controlled to keep service quality high.
We could use more cabs late in the day and nighttime, Uber should get a license for that time, but they like to compete at the easier to service times.
Fortunately Uber has given up trying to bypass our cab controls here for now.
FYI an Apple product is not normally considered to be in the household product category.
If you don't consider a Mac or AirPort Extreme a "household" product then an automobile certainly isn't.
:infinitefacepalms:
I agree.
You don't think taxis have similar issues? I don't care for many of Uber's business tactics, but I do support for a free market. Ridesharing is here and it's wonderful.
Uber are tax evading, and basically rule evading asswipes, their entire C level team deserve a swift ass kicking for their arrogance. I've never seen a company with so little barrier to entry, think their such unassailable hot shits.
Other company offering something similar in a less assholly way and they'll be done.
They got nothing but a name; even early FB looks like a tech marvel compared to them.
I think automated/autonomous cars are the future and there again, Uber has nothing to offer. Car companies could just stock up whole fleets in cities and leave Uber hanging in the wind; and I expect them to do so.