Mercedes-Benz Maker Remains Open to 'Different Types' of Collaboration With Apple - Mac Rumors

I'll say it again, I don't see Apple putting technology in someone else's product. Right now I see CarPlay as iTunes on the ROKR. Apple first install their software on someone else's hardware and in the process learned about phones. My sense is that apple isn't like google that likes to make big splashes with half baked ideas. Apple has never been first (except for the original apple computer that was the first commercially successful personal computer), but they have consistently come in and done it better (except for some of their services, like Music, Maps, and iCloud). Apple didn't go to Tag and say lets do a Watch together, they did their own. I don't know if BMW manufactures for others but if they do I could see Apple partnering in that way as I don't see Apple doing their own manufacturing. None of the big automotive companies are single source manufacturers anymore. There is so much platform sharing it's hard to say what's from whom in cars today. There's no doubt if Apple produces a car it will be based off architecture from current manufacturers and contract assembled, that's if the car is intended for mass production. If the volumes are boutique like Ferrari or Lamborghini, the car could be manufactured anywhere. Owning a Sprinter 2013, I deeply wish Apple stay clear of Mercedes. Source: www.macrumors.com