Surprise.

Thoughts on Apple Car, Part 93

The Apple Car story materializes.

Jalopnik is out with an in-depth report of car testing sites leased by Apple in the fittingly named Surprise, Arizona.

Apple Might Be Leasing Chrysler's Old Proving Grounds To Test Autonomous Car Technology

Images they obtained via Google Earth show a vast testing site that can display any given road situation. Perfect for a secret research and development project that sucks up millions of dollars.

This is not the first lease connected to Apple Car. In early 2016, a number of R&D buildings were rented by shell companies tied to Apple.

Car is real.

Investments like this make a project real and close to market launch. Compare it to the iPhone, whose testing facilities were just as enormous:

Hello Apple Car.