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An Apple car could have been a superstar

The tech giant’s decision to scrap its auto project brings everyone’s favourite Silicon Valley rumour to an anti-climactic but sadly predictable end.

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Apple’s decision to scrap its car project brings everyone’s favourite Silicon Valley rumour to an anti-climactic but sadly predictable end.

Apple’s decision to scrap its car project brings everyone’s favourite Silicon Valley rumour to an anti-climactic but sadly predictable end.

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What could Apple have done with the humble automobile?

Ideas, some credible and others less so, have dripped out for a decade. For a time, the company was rumoured to be working on something small based on BMW’s i3. Then it was said to actually be a van. With augmented reality, a new kind of battery and smart seat belts.

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