By the time Apple gets to the car industry, I reckon European antitrust will be knocking them over, hard. There's no way Apple can continue to play this game of lockout without attracting attention from international interests. The US doesn't care since they're domestic, but Europe's repeated questioning is preparing to reach a boiling point...
If you continue to post unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments, and otherwise break HN's rules, we're going to end up having to ban you. You've been doing it a lot, and it's not what this site is for.