“The auto industry has seen a number of disruptive events,” Dave Mark writes for The Loop. “But the auto industry remains pretty much intact. They are still mostly sold in dealerships, still a mostly poorly designed capsule that is not particularly easy to reconfigure.”
“Tesla has done a lot to open the door to disruption,” Mark writes. “But their cars are still recognizably cars. The major disruption is still to come.”
“Personally, I suspect the thing that will disrupt the auto industry into something truly brand new is the autonomous vehicle,” Mark writes. “Apple certainly has the design sense to create a uniquely beautiful, fantastically functional vehicle.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Again, if Apple enters the market, the carnage will be legion.
We’ve learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone. PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They’re not going to just walk in. – Ed Colligan, former CEO of the now-defunct Palm, Inc., November 16, 2006
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