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   Craig Maloney ☕ (craigmaloney@octodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 05:30:00 JST Craig Maloney ☕

   "How hard can it be to make a car, especially a self-driving car?"

   I remember interviewing for a position with a company that wanted to branch out into autonomous vehicles. I've worked in automotive, though not on anything directly related to building cars themselves, and I can tell you that building a car is something that takes decades to perfect. Some companies take some shortcuts and get to shipping vehicles in less than a decade but they should be treated as anomalies, not the norm.

   Bully to Apple for making the attempt, but again, if you want to build a car expect it to take much, much longer than you realize.

   "Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car"

   https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/02/27/195235/apple-cancels-work-on-electric-car

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     Craig Maloney ☕ (craigmaloney@octodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 05:33:12 JST Craig Maloney ☕

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Yeah, they're boring. Boring like a space shuttle launch. 😉

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     Art Delano (ardgedee@octodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 06:30:07 JST Art Delano

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     @craigmaloney My impression was not that Apple was deterred by the long haul of developing an automobile (they're already used to near-decade R&D cycles for much simpler products), but simply decided EV was tired and AI is wired.