https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/apple-self-driving-volkswagen-partnership/ > According to the New York Times' report, Apple had been in talks with BMW and Mercedes-Benz for a number of years to develop an electric self-driving car. Neither automaker was able to reach an agreement with Apple, purportedly because Apple demanded that it keep all data and be in charge of design. It would seem though that Apple found a taker in the form of Volkswagen, a company desperate to shed itself of the stink of its diesel cheating past. > The Apple shuttles will be based on VW's T6 Transporter, a descendent of the VW Eurovan we used to get in the US.