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by bredren 3447 days ago
Car is clearly a bet-the-company level product for Apple. Tesla looking more and more like a bet-the-company acquisition.
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How is Apple Car clearly a bet-the-company level product for Apple? It could just be Apple's normal secrecy, but as far as I know that project isn't generally well-known enough to be mentioned in the same pantheon as Google or Tesla.
Spending $10 billion on the car project would not be "betting the company" level of investment for Apple. That's "let's acquire a Motorola" level of investment.

Plus, I think the latest rumors say Apple has given up on making a car anyway, and it's working on a Waymo competitor of sorts.

How many billions does it cost to experiment with Car? How many billions does apple have sitting in cash?