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>Sure, cars are different from consumer electronics, but not in any insurmountable way.

Perhaps not "insurmountable"...

...but you realize that what Apple currently manufactures is equivalent to one single, near-insignificant component of what goes into a car: the on-board navigation system.

Building a car is hard. I don't think Apple can't do it, but I'm convinced they won't find it "worth it".

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No, building a car is actually comparatively easy, as evidenced by the myriad of boutique super cars. It's especially easy if what you want to build is an electric car, because electric cars have an order of magnitude fewer moving parts compared to an ICE car. What is difficult is mass producing a car, as evidenced by Tesla's difficulty in doing just that. But Apple has lots of experience at mass production, and they have the means to acquire whatever talent they lack. That's not to say that they are guaranteed to succeed, but they have a much, much better chance than almost any technology company.

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