> I still don't understand what's the game that Apple is trying to play here. Manufacturing a car is completely a different business to small digital devices I

> I still don't understand what's the game that Apple is trying to play here. Manufacturing a car is completely a different business to small digital devices I agree 100%, and I don't think it makes any sense for Apple to manufacture cars in any way similar to the way legacy automakers do it now. That is old-school. Slow, expensive, capital and resource intensive. I don't think Apple have any interest in having enormous factories churning out massive vehicles that have tens of thousands of parts, long-tail warranty and repairs, etc. etc. If Tesla have taught the industry, it's that the way legacy automakers build vehicles is archaic, and there are much faster/cheaper/better ways. As much as Apple want their vehicle to be self-driving, the fact they're willing to down-rate it to a Level 2+ makes me think that isn't actually the focus. What if Apple start building vehicles on an scale and in a manner than has never been conceived before? Tesla currently have the best in the industry having a Model Y come off the line every 40 seconds [1], and they've said they want to halve that with their new "smaller vehicle" coming soon (TM). Hypothetically, what if Apple's play here is not to "re-invent the car", but more-so "reinvent the way cars are manufactured". ? [1] https://www.torquenews.com/15475/tesla-gigafactory-shanghai-manufacturing-model-y-faster-you-can-brew-espresso https://www.torquenews.com/15475/tesla-gigafactory-shanghai-...