Steve Jobs wanted to build 'iCar', says Apple board member

21 May,2012 01:13 PM IST |   |  Agencies

Late Apple visionary co-founder Steve Jobs, who created iconic gadgets like iPhones, iPods and Mac computers, was also considering creating an iCar, an official of the tech giant has revealed


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Apple's board member Mickey Drexler revealed Jobs' desire to add an automobile to the company's product lineup during a recent interview at the Fast Company Innovation Uncensored expo in New York.
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"Look at the car industry - it's a tragedy in America," Stuff.co.nz quoted Drexler as saying.
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"They talk about expense, they talk about this - and then you say, well ‘who's designing the cars?'' Steve's dream, before he died, was to design an iCar," he added.
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Drexler also said that if Jobs had designed the car, it would have dominated the industry.
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"It would've been probably 50 per cent of the market," the report quoted him, as saying.
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According to the report, Apple has been rumoured to be working on an iCar for years.
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In 2007, Steve Jobs met with Volkswagen Group head Martin Winterkorn. The companies were reportedly planned to team up to work on a car aimed at the youth market.
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