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After years of speculation that it will eventually get into the auto business with its own vehicle, Apple is close to finalizing a deal with Hyundai-Kia to manufacture an Apple-branded autonomous electric vehicle at the Kia assembly plant in West Point, Georgia according to multiple sources who briefed CNBC on the plan.

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"The first Apple Cars will not be designed to have a driver," said one source with knowledge of the current plan. "These will be autonomous, electric vehicles designed to operate without a driver and focused on the last mile."

There is speculation that the focus on autonomy could mean Apple is planning to make their first production car some sort of commercial-application product. Like robo-taxis or auto-delivery-trucks or something.

Apple is and always has been a maniacally end-user focused company. So I doubt that.

Tim Cook's entire job is to carry on the legacy of Steve Jobs. If he does that successfully here, the Apple car will be a consumer vehicle. And a phenom.

Here's hoping.