[snowwrestler]

Apple doesn’t even make computers or phones, they contract out for the manufacturing. Obviously they are never going to manufacture a car.

If they are talking to a company like Kia, it’s not to relabel an existing Kia family sedan. It’s to manufacture a custom Apple design. Whether or not Kia designs nice cars, they know how to manufacture them well (something Tesla is still struggling to figure out).

Who will be the Foxconn of cars? That’s what Apple needs to figure out if they want to bring a car to market.

[rusk]

> Who will be the Foxconn of cars?

Again this is also done to death. There’s no new ground to be broken here.

Car manufacturers have had their own internal markets in parts and manufacturing for years.

If anything Apple was copying the motor industry with phones.

[snowwrestler]

No, car companies have supply chains but Apple wholly outsources manufacturing including final assembly. Big difference.

[rusk]

It’s manifestly similar. The specific arrangements regarding third party and in house are more surface matters.