You also have to think of the fact that it's not just the price of the car we would be paying for; there are car payments and ensurance to think about.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 21, 2015, at 2:00 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > > I don't know, Scott, that's a lot of $$. some people undoubtedly will, but > some just won't be able to. > Cheers, > Donna >> On Sep 21, 2015, at 8:03 AM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dona, the bigger question is can we afford not to have it? Even if it’s >> 100K the point is you’ll work it out. Whether it’s interest free loans for >> the blind or regular interest loans from the auto market you’ll make it >> work. Costs will be high at first but they will drop and they will drop >> quickly because these aren’t devices for just the blind, it’s for everyone >> so the mass market and mass production economies of scale come in to play. >> Even if it’s 100K though I for one would save up and finance what I couldn’t >> cover. >> >>> On Sep 18, 2015, at 1:56 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> then the question will be can any of us afford it. :) >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>>> On Sep 18, 2015, at 10:14 AM, Pete Nalda <lpna...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> With the success Google is having, it won't be long until we see one from >>>> Apple. Google's testing here in Austin without incident. >>>> >>>> Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates >>>> Louie P (Pete) Nalda >>>> MySpace.com/musikonalda >>>> Facebook.com/lpnalda >>>> Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda >>>> Twitter: @lpnalda >>>> >>>>> On Sep 18, 2015, at 8:01 AM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dona, has anyone described to you what this prototype car looks like? >>>>> There were some photos leaked a while back, who knows since they are >>>>> rumors but they basically had a pod that had 4 wheels (it’s not a 3 >>>>> wheeler like some models) and it had no (0) windows. Think about that >>>>> for a minute. What it did have were screens and cameras and a ton of >>>>> autonomous driving features. >>>>> You’d also be interested in what Google is doing. They have already had >>>>> blind folks operating their autonomous vehicles for a while now. I >>>>> believe that one of the engineers on the project is blind but I haven’t >>>>> been able to come up with a name. I saw a special on CNBC about a year >>>>> ago and can’t recall the gentleman’s name they had who was using the car >>>>> to get to and from work and to the store etc. It would drop him off in >>>>> front of the grocery store door, he’d do his thing and come out and hit a >>>>> key fob that would summon the car that had parked it self and it pulled >>>>> up and picked him up. >>>>> >>>>> Never thought I’d see it in my lifetime, shocks me how far along they >>>>> actually are. Google has made massive steps forward in machine vision. >>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 18, 2015, at 8:21 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I just saw this on MacRumors and thought you guys would be interested if >>>>>> you haven't seen it. I sooooooooooo want to be a test driver! >>>>>> http://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/18/apple-met-california-dmv-autonomous-vehicle/?utm_source=osx&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=front >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Donna >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
