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Apple ( AAPL ) has not revealed whether it is making an electric car, but rumors of the vehicle have imaginations firing. Motor Trend, one of the most respected car magazines, on Thursday published its own speculation about the Apple Car . For its deep dive into what the Apple Car would look like, it consulted auto industry experts and faculty at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. It produced illustrations for a possible Apple Car based on the company’s design ethos around simplicity and elegance as well as knowledge of where technology is headed. The artist’s conception of the Apple Car by Motor Trend shows an almost egg-shaped vehicle with a glass ceiling and light gold body lacking traditional features like door handles and rear-view mirrors. It sports double-wide gull wing doors and a Tron-like light bar that wraps around the car to provide turn signals and other indicators. As Motor Trend sees it, the Apple Car would be packed with artificial intelligence for autonomous driving and for accepting voice commands via Siri. It would recognize the driver from their Apple Watch or iPhone or biometrics. No keys would be required to start it. The centerpiece of the interior would be an augmented reality windshield on which important information would be projected, the magazine said. Cameras plus windshield or dashboard screens would replace rear-view mirrors, it said. “An augmented reality ‘windshield’ is among the most persistent Apple Car rumors and thought to be the likeliest part to survive if the rest of Project Titan is canceled,” Motor Trend said. The electric car could be charged from below using wireless induction charging so it wouldn’t need a power cord, the publication said. An estimated 1,000 people are believed to be working on an Apple car at a complex in Sunnyvale, Calif., under the name SixtyEight Research. Apple has been poaching engineers from Telsa Motors ( TSLA ) and other car companies. Apple is targeting a 2019 release for the car, according to media reports. The speculative Motor Trend report and artist’s conception of the Apple Car were widely mocked on social media. Many readers called the science-fiction pod design ugly. Scalper1 News
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