As last year, Apple announced CarPlay, a system to bring touch-screen and voice-activated navigation to cars with great fanfare. It seems Apple is clearly interested in extending the iPhone experience into cars. Now there are news that Apple is working on it's iCar to challenge the automaker Tesla. This would perhaps be an electric state-of-the-art vehicle that could bring a new kind of functionality to the nearly 100-year-old consumer product. That's because the car is quickly becoming a complex mobile device: a rolling computer loaded with chips, software, and wireless connectivity. And higher-end cars are brimming with artificial intelligence that controls the car’s operation, prevents crashes, and responds to voice commands. In thinking about an Apple iCar, it's easy to speculate and dream big. Two models, like the iPhone, available in white and black, with very few buttons. That cluttered dashboard? Replaced by Siri voice activation and automation.
