Actually, it doesn’t. Which is kind of strange to be honest, Because when I draw a DMV query search, it will pull up the make/model/year/plate exp and color, and nothing shows what kind of vehicle this is. Which leads me to believe, this could be a covert vehicle. It’s a tactic the FBI uses when they’re driving undercover vehicles, the registration might show that it’s owned by ‘XYZ electric company’, so that way local law-enforcement doesn’t know that it’s actually an FBI vehicle for investigative purproses. Similarly, if Apple really was masking this as some type of Prototype, they somehow registered it with the DMV that it doesn’t show the make and model, which maybe there might be some legitimacy to this [Given this vehicle doesn’t exist with a legitimate VIN #] , even though there’s a lot of obvious markings on the vehicle that Apple wouldn’t normally brandish given they’re known for being very discreet/secretive.
Very cool investigative work. I agree it is a bit obtrusive for Apple to put something so secretive right out in the open like this knowing their reputation of secrecy. And yes, maybe some Tesla operatives are at work as well. I'll reach out to the editors and see if this goes anywhere. Thanks!
So you’re indicating that the OP is directly misleading others by taking a photo of a Genesis on the roadway and then photo shopping/editing the original photo after the fact.
Doesn’t look Photoshopped to me. Someone good enough could certainly do it, but I’d say it’s a lot more likely that somebody’s been paying attention to the Apple rumor mill and thought it would be amusing to stick an Apple logo on his car and give the forums something to talk about. It’s pretty funny, honestly—makes me want to do something like that.
Interesting - not the car, but the fact that you can run the license plate through the DMV as an individual in California. Not here. Of course, you could visit any number of data brokers and find out who the guy's first girlfriend was, and anything else, but according to the state Web Site, the unauthorized access of the DMV database for license plates is both a state and federal felony.
It is the same car (Same license plate). I just posted because I saw this thread when I started looking it up. Noticed some people thought it was photoshopped, but I can confirm it is not.
