If Apple were moving more aggressively into TV or VR that wouldn't be boring or losing focus. Apple is a consumer electronics company... EVs are not consumer electronics. Swapping out a gas engine for a battery doesn't magically move automotives from one market into another.
No, but there is a confluence of factors all coming to a head within the next 3-7 years - electrification, automation, big advancements in infotainment systems, and ride sharing. That doesn't mean a 3,000 pound, $30,000 machine isn't a big leap for Apple. But by all appearances, a vehicle in 2020 or 2025 is going to resemble a computer more than the cars of old - much as the smartphone market got away from the old players when those devices became computers rather than telephones.
We more or less mastered tires, transmissions, upholstering, glass and metalworking decades ago. In the near future, the differentiators and drivers of change are going to be sensors, cameras, algorithms, machine learning, mapping databases, dashboard UI design, and web services (eg uber-like system for on-demand). Who's more poised to deliver that - Apple and Google, or GM and Toyota?
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