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What happens if Google, Apple actually start building production cars?
Cars are no longer just cars. No, the humble automobile has essentially evolved into an oversized personal device.
Indeed, at the Mobile World Congress last year, Ford bigwig Steven Odell uttered the following words: “Cars are the smartphones of the future”.
It’s an interesting perspective. And, since reports of Apple’s apparent intention to build a vehicle of its own — be it electric, autonomous or both — sent the iCar rumour-mill spinning into overdrive, it couldn’t be more relevant. True to form, of course, the Cupertino giant’s lips have remained tighter than Kim K’s smallest pair of leggings.
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