The current design apparently looks like a minivan.

This is just the latest story this week about Apple building a car. It seemed like a far-fetched idea a month ago, but now?

To recap:

In early February, an unmarked minivan was spotted driving around with a weird camera on it. It was traced back to Apple. People thought it could be a test of self driving car technology, or it could be a camera to capture street images for Apple Maps.

A short while after that, an Apple employee emailed us unexpectedly to say, "Apple's latest project is too exciting to pass up. I think it will change the landscape and give Tesla a run for its money." 

Next, Bryan Chaffin at The Mac Observer reported that his sources said Apple was working on a car. He said, "What I learned is that Apple has been looking for—and acquiring—the kind of people from Tesla with expertise that is most suited to cars. So much so that I went from being a doubter to a believer almost instantly."

Then, the Financial Times reported that Apple had a secret facility with "dozens" of people working on a car.  The FT quotes somebody close to Apple saying that it initially seemed that the company was just working on the in-car experience, but "Today I think it's a car."