Previously, Apple applied for a "detachable panel assembly", which was mainly used for the skylight part of the car. In this patent, the skylight has a controllable variable translucent area, which can be switched to transparent or opaque at any time.
Another patent, named "Appearance Integration of Display", proposes to combine the display screen with the covering layer to hide the display screen as a part of the overall design of the automobile.
In addition to these patents, there are many reasonable speculations about Apple cars.
Apple's application ecosystem and cloud services will definitely play an important role in several aspects that will make Apple cars stand out.
To be sure, Apple will build an app store in its own car, and it is likely that Apple will provide a developer-friendly development framework to help third-party developers write software applications for Apple cars.
Apple also applied for a new patent on automobile motor, which is an induction asynchronous motor with squirrel-cage motor technology, similar to Tesla's design. The main materials are steel and copper, which are not only low in cost, but also very low in later maintenance cost, and are adopted by many car companies.
With Apple's R&D investment in assisted driving and automation, V2X technology will appear in the cars designed by Apple. The related aspects of V2X are also one of the most active areas of Apple's patent application, including navigation interface, message notification style, data source selection and identification of non-standard road information.
Apple defines indoor space as mobile office and private entertainment places, which depends on AR augmented reality technology to some extent. This is one of Apple's key technologies, and it will definitely be put in the car in the future.