Apple executives’ BMW visit hints that Apple is working on its own car

According to a report published in the July issue of German business monthly Manager Magazin, US tech giant Apple is apparently interested in bigwig German automaker BMW's i3 electric car platform as a basis for its own electric vehicle - the much-rumored Apple Car.

In an indication that Apple is seemingly working on its own car, the Manager Magazin report revealed that some top-notch Apple executives - including CEO Tim Cook - recently met with senior BMW officials in Leipzig, Germany, in connection with a visit to BMW's i3 production line.

During their visit to the BMW's i3 production line, the Apple executives reportedly studied the carbon-fiber body construction of the vehicle.

With the BMW visit by Apple executives evidently substantiating the rumors that Apple is doing something with cars, the Manager Magazin report said that Apple is probably interested in using BMW's i3 carbon fiber body as a base for its own Apple Car electric car project.

Meanwhile, though BMW had denied in March that its i3 electric car would possibly be the Apple Car, the automaker's chief production officer Oliver Zipse told Reuters this month that the company is open to partnerships for manufacturing cars for other companies like Apple or Google.