Since the mid-2010s, the specter of Apple introducing a car had rattled auto executives. Cars were becoming computers on wheels, with updateable features and large touch screens—morphing into a sort of device that seemed to play right into Apple's strengths.

自2015年前后以来，苹果公司推出汽车的魔咒就一直困扰着汽车行业的高管们。汽车正成为装在车轮上的电脑，具有可更新的功能和大尺寸触摸屏，逐渐演变成一种似乎苹果正好能发挥优势的设备。