I actually think (and this is just my opinion of course) that Apple doesn't intend to sell cars to consumers at all.Monday is VW’s version of Battery Day, so we will get to see how they plan on securing enough supply to produce 500,000 EV’s a year. So far they are the only other maker talking in that kind of scale. Realistically no one other than Tesla has produced that many EVs a year, so I am not sure if Apple will go for low volume high priced cars (think S-Class) or if they are going to try for high volume low price (think Camry).
I think their plan is to have a subscription service where you hail a car on your iPhone and using self-driving it takes you to your destination and you don't physically drive it at all. I also think it will launch in the US only city-by-city and only expand to other cities outside of the USA over a long time period.
Apple Car now available in London that sort of thing. I just can't envision them selling to consumers directly but that's just my opinion. Maybe they really do just want to sell cars to people.