Is Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) about to launch an electric car?

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is a company I’d wager almost everyone on the planet would be familiar with. Its flagship product, the iPhone, is among the most popular consumer goods in the world.

If you throw in all of its other famous devices, such as the Mac, the iPad, AirPods and (more recently) Apple Pay, you can get a grasp of this company’s scale. No wonder Apple is one of, if not, the world’s most valuable companies by market capitalisation at US$2.18 trillion. 

But a new report from the Australian Financial Review (AFR) today could herald a new, and massive, chapter in this company’s incredible history. According to the report,  Apple is “moving forward with self-driving car technology, and is targeting 2024 to…