APPLE CAR, IS THIS REALLY POSSIBLE?

There's a current rumour of the possiblity of Apple Inc, the makers of iphones, ipad, ipods, mac books and other apple devices making cars that would be out, probably in 2019.
Let’s start with this most recent rumor: Apple has reportedly hired 15 to 20 people to work on its car in a secret lab in Berlin. FAZ says those workers have backgrounds in engineering, software, hardware, and sales.

If Apple is launching a car of its own, it would make sense for it to have offices in other countries, which could help optimize the vehicle for as many markets as possible. It also wouldn’t hurt Apple to get some of Germany’s legendary automotive magic under the hood.

Apple hired Tesla’s former VP of vehicle engineering

According to 9to5Mac and Electrek, Apple has snagged Tesla’s former vice president of vehicle engineering Chris Porritt. Previously the chief engineer at Jaguar, Porritt has reportedly been assigned to work on Apple’s special projects team. And I’m pretty we can assume that project isn’t a new iPhone.

Austrian manufacturer Magna Steyr will build the Apple Car.In addition to news that Apple has a lab in Germany, FAZ also reports that Austria’s Magna Steyr will build the Apple Car. The manufacturer, which builds Mini Coopers, works with automakers ranging from Aston Martin to Volvo and operates in 29 countries.Apple is sucking up automotive talent;According to a variety of reports, Apple has hired experienced engineers from both Silicon Valley and the automotive world. During an interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt, Tesla’s Elon Musk commented on Apple’s ongoing poaching of that company’s employees: “If you don’t make it at Tesla, you go work at Apple.” He’s also called Apple a “Tesla Graveyard.”But it’s not just Tesla that Apple has been poaching from. The company has also reportedly hired folks away from Ford, General Motors, and Mercedes Benz. And Apple was named in a lawsuit filed by battery maker A123 Systems, which alleged that Apple ran an aggressive campaign to poach its employees. Apple has looked into self-driving cars---Last September, The Guardian reported that Apple had met with officials from the California DMV to talk about autonomous vehicle testing in the state.

The company also reportedly spoke with officials from California’s GoMentum Station, a massive — and, more importantly, secretive — autonomous vehicle testing facility built on a former naval facility. The site is allegedly patrolled by armed guards and has as much as 2,100 acres of drivable roads.

Apple is working out of a secret office rented under a fake name

According to AppleInsider, the Apple Car project is working out of a Silicon Valley office — equipped with automotive repair facilities — leased by a market-research firm called SixyEight Research. Proof that the office is actually occupied by Apple is relatively thin: AppleInsider says that employees wear badges similar to those worn by Apple’s workers, and that the lobby for the research firm was recently moved to another building owned by AppThe car will hit the market by 2019

The Wall Street Journal reported in September that Apple is expected to ship its car by 2019. That’s an incredibly short timeframe in which to get a car built and on the road for customers — which makes this particular rumor a bit hard to swallow.